PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 24, 2024
The DCNR Bureau of State Parks released its latest environmental education newsletter full of ways to embrace the new year and activities for students and families this winter. -- Start The Year With First Day Hikes! -- State Parks Winter Conditions Report -- Upcoming Educator Workshops -- Funding Opportunities Click Here to read their entire newsletter.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy in the Green Mountain State Written by Kathryn Keener and Diana Csank Cannabis laws are loosening, and recent legislative measures in some U.S. states and local governments indicate increased receptivity around psilocybin use, too. For example, in Vermont, beginning in 2018 individuals 21 years of age and older could legally possess an ounce or less of cannabis or two mature plants.
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New Scientist
DECEMBER 24, 2024
A scorpion discovered in South America can spray venom out of its stinger and hit targets up to 35 centimetres away
Scientific American
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Are you a “hunter” or a “busybody”?
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
New Scientist
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd quantum property of entanglement, but deep mysteries remain
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Unseen and Unprotected: The Ongoing Struggle of Climate Refugees in the United States by Isaiah Gonzales and Professor Siu Tip Lam I. Introduction As climate change accelerates, environmental disasters will leave millions homeless. Recent projections from the World Bank estimate that by 2050, over 216 million people could be displaced by climate-related events.
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Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Home Sales and Water Levels are On The Rise in Flood Zones Written by Abigail Bailey and Dr. Guanchi Zhang Sea levels are rising in the United States, and so are home sales in flood zones. Although some buyers enter flood zone transactions happily with their eyes open wide, many are manipulated into a financial burden under the guise of an investment.
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Top-- Gas flare in Nigeria; Shell Petrochemical Plant gas flare; Bottom-- Shale Gas Well Pad Gas Flare 500 feet from someones bedroom; Shale gas well pad gas flare near PA school.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Stuck in the Weeds: How the Next Farm Bill Impacts the Environment Written by Andrew Hockenberry & Emma Scott Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. – Wendell Berry This excerpt comes from Wendell Berrys 1973 poem titled, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front.
PA Environment Daily
DECEMBER 24, 2024
The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [Its Not A Suggestion] House Voting Schedule January 7, 27, 28, 29
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
The Urgent Need for Stricter PFAS Regulations to Safeguard Water Quality and Public Health Written by Ashton Danneels and Christophe Courchesne Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as “forever chemicals,” are increasingly making headlines due to their persistence in the environment and their harmful health effects.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 24, 2024
One of the Christmas classics is the Jimmy Stewart movie, Its a Wonderful Life. Stewarts character is feeling suicidal, until he learns how much he has unknowingly helped others and how grateful they are. Its heartwarming if also very corny. Theres a flip side to that story: the need to remember how much others have contributed to our own lives. That includes people we dont know who have helped give us a better planet on which to live.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
AI Is Mining More Than Data by Hadley Chance and Mia Montoya Hammersley Artificial Intelligence (AI) has crept into the everyday lives of tech users. Google attached generative AI to its search function in mid-2024; Siri has been embedded in the iPhone since 2011; ChatGPT, popular in education and business settings, was released to the public in 2022.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Superfund Me: A High-Level Overview of Climate Change Superfund Bills Written by Erin Evans and Dayna Smith Recent state-level Climate Superfund legislation seeks to hold climate polluters liable and shift climate change legal policies from simply adaptive and preventive policies to ones demanding payback by top contributors. The Superfund legislation model is not a new concept.
Speaker: Antoine M. Thompson, Executive Director of the Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition
Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion (DEJI) policies, programs, and initiatives are critically important as we move forward with public and private sector climate and sustainability goals and plans. Underserved and socially, economically, and racially disadvantaged communities bear the burden of pollution, higher energy costs, limited resources, and limited investments in the clean energy and transportation sectors.
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Biogas Toxic Relationship with CAFOs: How Reliance on this Fuel Source Engenders Harmful Animal Farming Practices Written by Alex Hume and Delcianna Winders Spanning roughly 2.5-million years, the Pleistocene epoch demarcated a significant point of Earths geologic history in which vast frozen tundras blanketed the globe. This epoch also saw major changes in the evolution of our early hominid ancestors, eventually becoming the more recognizable form of homo sapiens.
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