Yale E360
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
By virtue of their small size and limited capacity, private jets are deeply inefficient. They have an outsized climate impact and, according to a new study, their emissions are on the rise.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Outside groups often offer their solutions for climate adaptation in Africa. But the best people to manage the climate crisis are the people in those communities themselves.
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to sabotage each other by stopping the flow of water
NRDC
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Looking closely at last month's United Nations biodiversity summit gives clues on what to expect at the big U.N. climate conference kicking off in Baku.
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.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the November 9 PA Bulletin -- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 9 [PaEN] -- DEP published notice in the November 9 PA Bulletin announcing “minor revisions” to three Oil and Gas Program technical guidance documents-- -- Oil and Gas Well Drilling Permits and Related Approvals ( 800-2100-003 ) -- Redrilling Incidental to Authorized Plugging of an Abandoned Well ( 800-2100-005 ) -- Coal
Environmental Law Centre
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Inside this blog A review of native grasslands in Alberta, including its history, threats, and importance. A look at regulatory guidelines and policies for grassland conservation, management and land use. The post Alberta’s Policy is to avoid disturbing Grasslands: How discretion may be undermining policy objectives appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
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New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their performance in different ways depending on the difficulty of the task
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
A mysterious electromagnetic mechanism may be more important than the firing of neurons in our brains to explain our awareness
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet a particularly dangerous place to be during pregnancy
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The Penn State Extension is hosting a webinar November 25 on Private Water Supply Testing and Education from Noon to 1:00 p.m. [This webinar is especially important for those people living in areas subject to oil and gas well drilling which can impact your water well. You need to know the warning signs of contamination] Do you live in one of the more than one million homes and farms in Pennsylvania that get their drinking water from a private well or spring?
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
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Join PA Resources Council in celebrating America Recycles Day by taking part in a free 60-minute webinar on November 14 providing practical tips on Recycling Right starting at 6:00 p.m. “America Recycles Day reminds us that we have opportunities to improve our world every day – wasting less, reusing, and recycling,” according to PRC Executive Director Darren Spielman.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Between November 11 and November 22, 2024, Environmental Defence experts will be monitoring leaders, experts and advocates from around the world for this year’s session of the global climate negotiations, COP29 in Azerbaijan. Our experts will be able to provide insight on the negotiations at COP29 – including on issues related to climate finance, the energy transition and f
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.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots faster and more accurately
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Focusing on size in health care might be doing more harm than good.
PBS Nature
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Chased by their aunt into an unhospitable part of the desert, the cubs found an oasis where they developed new hunting strategies and became bird hunters, previously unheard of for lions.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox.
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.
Nanotech
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on October 7, 2024, that researchers at its Agile BioFoundry (ABF) and Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU) successfully scaled up a biobased process that converts ethanol into “a valuable precursor for consumer products, such as paints, coatings, and diapers.
ESA
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
By David Baldwin, student at Florida Atlantic University Some of us, ESA delegates, attended to a Side Event hosted by the University of Cambridge and Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership entitled “Restoring Nature, Reimagining Growth: Building a New Narrative for Action.” Do we need a transition or a transformation for a nature-positive economy?
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Read the full story from PLOS. As the Arctic warms, polar bears now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens than bears three decades ago, according to a new study.
ESA
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
By Zohra Zahir, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Regina, Canada I had the incredible opportunity to moderate the panel “Biodiversity Beyond the Classroom: Students’ Perspectives from COP16” at the Academic and Research Hub at COP16 in Colombia, where I joined fellow students Dr. Alice Morrell from the University of Oxford, David Baldwin from Florida Atlantic University, and Claire Bandet from the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss our experiences, reflections, and challenges encountered at the
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Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Join Beyond Benign in the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community forums for an “Ask Me Anything” interview with Dr. Amy Cannon, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Beyond Benign from November 12-15. This is your opportunity to ask Amy questions about green chemistry, chemistry education, and more. Get your questions ready and create your free GCTLC … Continue reading Get your questions answered by Dr.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
This blog is co-authored by Cassie Barker, Senior Program Manager for Plastics We’re surrounded by plastic. Every day, we touch and eat from hundreds of plastic things – from toys, dishes and clothing to electronics and food packaging. And it’s not just your imagination: the use of plastic in our everyday lives has been growing. This is not a good thing.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Read the full story at Energy News Network. The Footprint Project wants to create a solar-powered microgrid “lending library” to deploy during disaster recovery efforts to reduce reliance on generators, which increase air pollution and are costly to run.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The following notices were published in the November 9 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - Caprio Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Apolacon Twp., Susquehanna County. ( PA Bulletin, page 7425 )
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Read the full story from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Long-term exposure to arsenic in water may increase cardiovascular risk and especially heart disease risk even at exposure levels below the federal regulatory limit, according to new research.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The Autumn edition of DCNR’s State Parks Environmental Education newsletter features fun seasonal activities, news on paid internships, professional development and much more-- -- Apply now for spring, paid Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging College Internships -- Environmental Education Grant Applications due Nov. 15 -- Apply For Solar For Schools Funding -- Take Environmental Literacy Survey -- Science-based acorn activity ideas -- Project Bird FeederWatch -- Explore The Outdoors - F
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Read the full story at Energy Digital. Extreme H’s car is the first hydrogen-powered racing car to pass FIA crash testing ahead of the series’ launch in 2025, bringing new eyes to hydrogen fuel.
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Read the full story from the American Geophysical Union. A new report says any research into large-scale interventions in Earth’s climate system must be grounded in sound ethical principles so society can make informed choices about whether to deploy them.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
On November 7, PA Republican Senators introduced Senate Bill 1346 that punishes local elected officials who want to better protect their constituents from the documented adverse health and environmental impacts of shale gas development. The legislation would prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set protective standards on the development of natural gas that “imposes a standard or condition on well development that conflicts with or exceeds those contained” i
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