Legal Planet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Like millions of Angelenos, Ive been staying indoors and off the roads, glued to the Watch Duty app, radio, and TV coverage as LA is engulfed by these historic fires. The last 48 hours of coverage has focused, understandably, on the firefight and immediate devastation. Now, its time to start hearing about the climate connection, especially from local officials, policymakers, and the TV news anchors that so many people turn to for information during scary urban fires.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 9, 2025

In the last decade, laboratory initiatives to recreate long-extinct species have stirred controversy. Now, scientists increasingly agree "de-extinction" is not possible, but breeding living animals with genes similar to those lost species can be a useful conservation tool.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

A tiny quantum refrigerator can ensure that a quantum computers calculations start off error-free without requiring oversight or even new hardware

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The Applied Ecologist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Laura Vedovato introduces readers to a range of remote sensing tools, explaining how they can be applied to topical forests to monitor the effectiveness of restoration efforts. Read more in the original Review article. Introduction In recent years, global commitments to forest restoration, like the UN Decade on Restoration and the Global Biodiversity Framework, have highlighted the need for scalable, effective ways to track progress.

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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.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Scientists warn efforts to limit the long-term temperature rise to1.

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

2024 was the hottest year on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about another pandemic, yet the overall risk to the general public still remains low

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

Damages from the recent fires in the Los Angeles area could overwhelm California’s already stressed insurer of last resort

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

After months of delay, the cool La Nia climate pattern has emerged in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, which increases the risk of drought in parts of the Americas

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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

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association now has available the Solar For Schools middle school curriculum-- "Harness the Power of the Sun" and "Bring Solar to School." "Harness the Power of the Sun" is a 12 week curriculum diving into energy, electricity, circuits, solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles and more. "Bring Solar to School" is a subset of 6 lessons designed to enable students to understand how solar electricity is generated, to monitor their school's solar system, and analyze its g

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Sabre teeth can be ideal for puncturing the flesh of prey, which may explain why they evolved in different groups of mammals at least five times

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

The PA Association of Environmental Educators is now accepting registrations for the 2025 PAEE Annual Conference - Waves Of Connection to be held March 10-12 in Erie. The Conference is an opportunity to celebrate and grow in the fantastic environmental education field in Pennsylvania! The theme of this years conference Waves of Connection celebrates what makes PAEE so special: our collective ability as passionate environmental educators to drive change through resilience, diversity, engagement

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

Earthquakes that occurred near an oil extraction site in Surrey, UK, in 2018 and 2019 had been put down to coincidence, but a new analysis with an updated look at the geology of the area suggests the seismic events may indeed have been linked to drilling

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay will host the 2025 Wild and Scenic Film Festival at four locations in the watershed, including on March 5 at the Penn Cinema, 541 Airport Road in Lititz, Lancaster County from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Film Festival brings together incredible selections of films that inform, inspire, and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

The process of solving a crossword puzzle is mathematically similar to well-studied physical systems but one property makes the game unique

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

NASA sees two paths for saving its beleaguered plan to retrieve materials from the Red Planet but won’t choose between them until 2026

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

It turns out that the cartilage inside your ears and nose is different from that found elsewhere in the body, with a fatty structure that makes it look like bubble wrap, and this long-overlooked tissue could prove useful in certain surgeries

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Speaker: Laurie Schoeman Director, Climate & Sustainability, Capital

As households and communities across the nation face challenges such as hurricanes, wildfires, drought, extreme heat and cold, and thawing permafrost and flooding, we are increasingly searching for ways to mitigate and prevent climate impacts. During this event, national climate and housing expert Laurie Schoeman will discuss topics including: The two paths for climate action: decarbonization and adaptation.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JANUARY 9, 2025

It is the new year and time for a lifestyle change. While its daunting to contemplate the many issues that we need to tackle to achieve greater social equity and environmental sustainability especially in our everyday lives small, individual actions can add up to make a difference. Here are some tips to get you started on simply reusing, repairing and rewearing, all to inspire care and support for our natural world.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

The United Nations has 17 sustainable development goals that all member states have signed up to in an effort to balance economics and the environment - and now researchers say we need a new one to ensure we keep space junk under control

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

There are undoubtedly those in Alberta who are thrilled with the governments recent announcement on buffer zones and viewscapes for renewable energy development. It would also appear that with this decision, Alberta’s green energy businesses can now get back to work, investing in the future of our energy economy. But can they? This policy is deeply hostile to renewable energy projects, and not because some people dont like seeing energy development near mountains.

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New Scientist

JANUARY 9, 2025

The extent to which parents feel disgust appears to come and go, which could be important for their children's health

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Scientific American

JANUARY 9, 2025

Despite decades of doubt and dismissal, biochemist Katalin Karikó never gave up on the research that gave us mRNA COVID vaccines in record time

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

On January 9, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy announced it is now accepting applications from eligible high school seniors for the Vanessa Joy Van Gorder Memorial Scholarship. The $2,000 scholarship is open to students in school districts bordering the Upper Delaware River in New York and Pennsylvania, including Hancock Central, Deposit Central, Eldred, Monticello, and Sullivan West in NY, and Wallenpaupack Area, Honesdale, Delaware Valley, and Western Wayne in PA.

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Earth 911

JANUARY 9, 2025

We’ve heard plenty about green transport lately. Electric cars gliding down streets, bikes claiming entire. The post Guest Opinion: What’s Actually Working in the Green Transport Revolution? appeared first on Earth911.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

On January 9, the Department of Environmental Protection encouraged Pennsylvania residents to test their homes for radon during January-- Radon Action Month-- bringing public awareness for this serious health hazard. Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer after smoking in the United States, and is a serious concern within the Commonwealth, said DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley.

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Inside Climate News

JANUARY 9, 2025

International agencies coordinate release of annual climate data to highlight the past years exceptionaland dangerousclimate conditions. By Bob Berwyn Nearly all major global climate datasets agree that, in 2024, human-caused global warming for the first time pushed Earths average surface temperature to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average for a full calendar year, a level that countries around the world had agreed to do all they could to avoid.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

PASA is now accepting registrations for the 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference to be held February 5-7 in Lancaster. Join PASA three days of learning, connection, and growth featuring 80+ sessions, networking events, and a vibrant trade show. Click Here to register and a detailed agenda. For more information on programs, initiatives, research, educational opportunities and how you can get involved, visit the PASA Sustainable Agriculture website or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 9, 2025

Wei, F., Walls, W. D., & Zheng, X. (2025). Fuel efficiency, power trading, and emissions leakage from driving electric vehicles: Evidence from Chinese provinces. Energy Policy, 198, 114473. [link] Abstract This paper investigates how driving electric vehicles redistributes tailpipe emissions and brings unintended impacts elsewhere.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

The PA Association of Environmental Professionals is hosting a January 28 webinar on PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' And Impacts To Local Waterways from Noon to 1:00 p.m. The consequences of PFAS pollution are still in the process of being understood and means of mitigation under development. This webinar will provide an overview of PFAS sources and the impacts to waterways.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 9, 2025

By Liu Lican Chinas first Biennial Transparency Report on Climate Change was released last week, and the country confirmed it has yet to peak its carbon emissions. The report, submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), discloses China s greenhouse gas inventory in 2020 and 2021. It showed that total greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, including that from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), reached 13 billion tonnes, an increase

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National Law Center

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Feed newsletter highlights recent legal developments affecting agriculture, with issues released twice a month. Click below to sign up for. The post The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 1 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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