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​​The Science Behind Sea Level Rise: How Past Emissions Will Shape Our Future

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sea levels are rising, and science shows they will continue to rise for generations due to heat-trapping emissions that have already been released. This highlights a profound and enduring climate injustice: future generations will face the consequences of todays decisions. The effects of these emissions are already unfolding, but the full extent of their impacton coastlines, communities, and ecosystemswill play out over lifetimes to come.

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Circular Agroprocessing: The Pulp, The Peel, The Pip

Cleannovate

It’s a new year everyone. Mine is to thank you for subscribing to this blog/ newsletter. The goal of this publication is to push us towards circularity and sustainability as we engage in our daily lives. As we start the year, I’d like to embark on another sustainablity expedition by exploring agroprocessing. What comes to mind when this catch word is mentioned?

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China's Disastrous Summer Floods Linked to Unusually Warm Spring in Tibet

Yale E360

A new study links devastating summer floods in southern China to unusually warm spring weather over the Tibetan plateau.

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PA American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For 2025 Water & Environment Grants

PA Environment Daily

The American Water Charitable Foundation announced it is now accepting applications for 2025 Water and Environmental Grants. The deadline to apply is March 7. As a provider of safe, clean water and wastewater service for customers across Pennsylvania, a commitment to the well-being of the environment and our watersheds is at the heart of all we do. We understand that as a company, we play an important role in protecting, restoring and enhancing these shared resources.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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Forces deep underground seem to be deforming Earth's inner core

New Scientist

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape and it has undergone these changes over just a few decades

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DEP, Attorney General Announce $14,866,280 In Grants To Fund 79 Local Water Quality Improvement Projects Funded By Growing Greener, Natural Gas Pipeline Penalties

PA Environment Daily

On February 10, the Department of Environmental Protection and Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the award of $14,866,280 in grants to support 79 local water quality improvement projects. Funding comes from the Growing Greener Plus Program and an August 2022 settlement of criminal charges against Sunoco Pipeline LP for Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline and ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC for Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline [Energy Transfer Partners] by Attorney General Shapiro [ Read mor

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Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium

Scientific American

Researchers found a strong connection between coffee and the gut microbiome

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How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom

New Scientist

When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff

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Texas Supreme Court Will Review Produced Water Case

Energy & the Law

By Stephen A. Cooney Who owns produced water in Texas? And what is produced water anyway – oil and gas waste and part of the mineral estate, or groundwater and part of the surface estate? We may be closer to an answer to these questions now that the Texas Supreme Courthas agreed to hear a highly anticipated case out of Reeves County. Produced water, a byproduct of oil and gas activities, has historically been treated as waste and disposed.

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Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring

New Scientist

Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but the Euclid telescope has picked one up just 600 million light years from Earth

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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Can community-based participatory action research fulfil environmental justice principles in Newark, NJ?

Environmental News Bits

Kalyan, B. and D., Anthony Dwayne and Hiroko McAdams, Jasmine and Carrasquillo, Maya. (2025). Can community-based participatory action research fulfil environmental justice principles in Newark, NJ? Environmental Research Letters. [link] [open access] Abstract Environmental justice (EJ) movements have historically driven significant regulatory advancements in addressing environmental health disparities, including lead poisoning prevention.

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Engineered bacteria could break down unrecyclable nylon in clothes

New Scientist

Clothes and fishing nets that are made of nylon often end up in landfill or dumped in oceans, but a new way to break down the plastic could improve recycling

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Agro-waste biochar embedded Sulfidised nZVI for removal of microplastics and synthetic dyes from wastewater: A continuous filtration approach with effective removal in complex aqueous matrices.

Environmental News Bits

Ganie, Z. A., Choudhary, A., & Darbha, G. K. (2025). Agro-waste biochar embedded Sulfidised nZVI for removal of microplastics and synthetic dyes from wastewater: A continuous filtration approach with effective removal in complex aqueous matrices. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 710, 136233. [link] Abstract One-pot synthesis of Sulfidised nano-Zerovalent Iron Biochar was … Continue reading Agro-waste biochar embedded Sulfidised nZVI for removal of micro

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How cosmic stasis may drastically rewrite the history of the universe

New Scientist

Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many other unsolved astronomical mysteries

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Implementing D.E.J.I. Strategies in Energy, Environment, and Transportation

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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United Kingdom Hands Billions More in Subsidies to Drax for Tree-Burning Bioenergy

NRDC

The decision will give Drax 2 billionabout $2.5 billionmore in subsidies while limiting its generation to 50 percent.

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Distant exoplanet may be the most volcanic world ever found

New Scientist

A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide this could be due to a huge amount of volcanic activity

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NIH cuts ICR – implications for research institutions and scholarly publishing

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at The Scholarly Kitchen. Late afternoon this past Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a significant reduction in indirect cost rates (ICR) for federally funded grants.

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UK facility starts sucking CO2 out of seawater to help the climate

New Scientist

Stripping carbon dioxide out of the ocean could be much more efficient than capturing it from the air.

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Shaping a Resilient Future: Climate Impact on Vulnerable Populations

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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Interconnected identities and environmental justice in Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon: A vibrant materialist analysis of Afrofuturist narratives

Environmental News Bits

Rahmatullah, M. (n.d.). Interconnected identities and environmental justice in Nnedi Okorafors Lagoon: A vibrant materialist analysis of Afrofuturist narratives. African Identities, 114.

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Google’s DeepMind AI Can Solve Math Problems on Par with Top Human Solvers

Scientific American

Google’s AlphaGeometry2 AI reaches the level of gold-medal students in the International Mathematical Olympiad

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NALC news release: Butterfly effect? NALC webinar will discuss impacts of listing monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

“When a species is listed, it can impact how agricultural producers are able to operate.” Brigit Rollins, NALC Staff Attorney By. The post NALC news release: Butterfly effect? NALC webinar will discuss impacts of listing monarch butterfly under Endangered Species Act appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Have we already breached the 1.5°C global warming target?

New Scientist

Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high temperatures might be a sign that the 1.

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Sustainability at Retail

Sustainability impacts every nation, company, and person around the world. So much so that, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) issued a call for action by all countries to work toward sustainable development. In response to this and as part of a global Sustainability at Retail initiative, Shop! worked collaboratively with its global affiliates to address these critical issues in this white paper.

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Drake purchases PureCycle resin following production of continuous filament yarns

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Recycling Today. Advanced recycler PureCycle Technologies Inc., Orlando, recently announced the sale of nearly 500,000 pounds of resin to Martinsville, Virginia-based Drake Extrusion Inc. for the production of continuous filament yarns, which could be used to make items such as rugs, upholstery and apparel.

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How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar system

New Scientist

There are many theories about how dynamics in the early solar system led to the cosmic neighbourhood we now inhabit, but beyond computer simulations, direct evidence to support them is hard to come by that's where meteorites come in

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New research suggests returns on federal investments in R&D are much higher than current estimates

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from the Association of American Universities. A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) finds that federal agencies may be underestimating the economic payoffs that result from federal investments in research and development (R&D).

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Eggs Hit by Bird Flu Crisis as Farmers Loose Flocks to Virus

Scientific American

"I call this virus a terrorist," says one egg farmer after millions of chickens have died in recent weeks

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How IKEA turns your old mattress into a new sofa

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Fast Company. Until recently, if you threw away an old mattress in Amsterdam, it would likely end up in an incineratorthe same way that most of the 15 million-plus mattresses thrown out in the U.S. each year end up in landfills.

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Earth911 Podcast: Molecular Farming Potato-Sourced Egg Proteins With PoLoPo’s Maya Sapir-Mir

Earth 911

Humanity is grappling with the effects of climate change, and one urgent challenge is ensuring. The post Earth911 Podcast: Molecular Farming Potato-Sourced Egg Proteins With PoLoPo’s Maya Sapir-Mir appeared first on Earth911.

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California cities launch nation’s first public hydrogen utility

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at Utility Dive. First Public Hydrogen, or FPH2, a public utility created by the California cities of Lancaster and Industry, began the process of selecting hydrogen suppliers at a Jan.13 board meeting, following the finalization of the 45V clean hydrogen production tax credit guidance.

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Men Are More Prepared for Fatherhood Than We Think

Scientific American

In many cultures, men are not involved with hands-on childcare.

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Introducing Data & Society’s Climate, Technology, and Justice Program

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story from Data & Society. Data & Society (D&S) today announced the launch of its Climate, Technology, and Justice program. Climate change is perhaps the most urgent social issue of our time and is only accelerating in importance.

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Do You Really Have a Spoonful of Microplastics in Your Brain?

Scientific American

In this week’s roundup, we’re reviewing some animal research, the latest on bird flu and the burden of microplastics on our brain.

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