Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 18, 2025
Big rigs, box trucks, and buses are part of our lives and economies. Almost everything we buy is carried by trucks, which move billions of tons of goods each year. School buses that bring kids to school, city buses that serve commuters, garbage and recycling trucks that keep streets clean, 18-wheelers that haul goods: these are all classified as medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Real Climate
MARCH 18, 2025
While there have been some recent set-backs within science and climate research and disturbing news about NOAA , there is also continuing efforts on responding to climate change. During my travels to Mozambique and Ghana, I could sense a real appreciation for knowledge, and an eagerness to learn how to calculate risks connected to climate change. Recent events have shown incredibly high rainfall amounts that have devastated cities and countries , as well as droughts that have exacerbated the ris
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 18, 2025
The fossil fuel industrys role in driving climate change is undeniable, yet corporate accountability remains a contested space. As the scientific evidence strengthens, courts around the world are increasingly considering the role of major fossil fuel companies in climate-related damages. Our latest research published today in Environmental Research Letters adds a critical piece to this legal and scientific puzzle by quantifying how emissions from the worlds largest fossil fuel and cement produce
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
City & State PA will host an April 22 [Earth Day] Energy Summit - The Future Of Energy In Pennsylvania at the Harrisburg Hilton from 8:30 a.m. to Noon. Pennsylvanias energy landscape is undergoing a major transformation! At the Pennsylvania Energy Summit on April 22, industry leaders and policymakers will tackle key challenges, policy shifts, and the clean energy transition shaping the states future.
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 18, 2025
In a new study released today, UCS attributes substantial temperature and sea level rise to emissions traced to the largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers. And for the first time, we extend sea level projections into the future, quantifying how past heat-trapping emissions from the fossil fuel industry will impact the world for centuries to come.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association reports Sycamore International , a successful local electronics recycling company, has expanded its operation into solar reuse and recycling. Sycamore will test solar material, and separate equipment that can be reused from that which needs to be recycled. They can accept panels, inverters, racking, and other components.
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PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
The latest Health Waters newsletter update on the Chesapeake Bay Program highlights accomplishments by many partners during 2024, including the installation of over 2,100 more best management practices than in 2023. Nearly 16,700 BMPs Installed The 2024 Chesapeake Bay Best Management Practice (BMP) Progress Year reporting process is nearing completion, with the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Division having finalized its nonpoint source data submissions ahead of EPAs deadline.
Law Columbia
MARCH 18, 2025
The burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are continuing to cause rapid temperature rise. 2024 was the hottest year on record , and the planets 10 warmest years since 1850 have occurred in the past decade. Achieving global climate goals will require rapid and dramatic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, along with the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
On Thursday, March 27, nonprofit the PA Solar Center will host a free in-person meeting for Westmoreland County businesses and tax-exempt organizations to learn how they can save money on their electricity bill by going solar. The meeting will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Economic Growth Connection Boardroom at North Pennsylvania Avenue,Suite 510,in Greensburg.
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
A meteorite discovered in north-west Africa in 2023 didnt come from a large asteroid or any of the known planets of the solar system but it might have formed on a planet that was destroyed long ago
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
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
Join Penn State Extension and Renewell Energy for an April 2 webinar on Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A New Life starting at Noon. Join Stefan Streckfus, CTO of Renewell Energy, for a free, one-hour webinar exploring the untapped potential of inactive wells. With a career dedicated to developing and deploying new technologies, Streckfus offers a fresh perspective on these wellsnot as obsolete infrastructure, but as valuable assets with a new purpose.
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
NASAs Perseverance rover recorded unusual sounds as a Martian dust devil passed directly over the robotic vehicle in 2021, and we now know they came from electrical activity in the storm
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
The Delaware River Greenway Partnership is hosting another in its Heritage Lecture webinar series on April 24 - Protecting The Jewels Of The Night - How You Can Support Fireflies -- starting at 7:30 p.m. Learn about the complex threats these fascinating insects face and discover simple actions you can take to help protect them in your community. This event is brought to you by The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation , a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting invertebrates worldw
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially inflating the global population beyond the official count of 8.
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.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
On March 18, the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy announced it is gearing up once again to host their annual Perkiomen Stream Clean-up on Saturday, April 12th from 9:00 a.m. to Noon with a corporate volunteer day on Friday, April 11th. This event is the largest single-day stream clean-up in the state of Pennsylvania with over 1,800 volunteers already signed up to volunteer this year!
PBS Nature
MARCH 18, 2025
In the heart of Africas Great Rift Valley lies Katavi, a little-known National Park spanning more than three thousand square miles of western Tanzania. Here, Natures filmmakers capture a once-in-a-lifetime event a severe drought followed by heavy rains that tests the survival skills of all those that call Katavi home in Katavi: Africas Fallen Paradise , premiering Wednesdays, April 2-16, 2025.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
Youth of all ages are invited to attend the March 29 Pittsburgh Youth For Climate Action Summit to be held at the MuseumLab at 6 Allegheny Square East in Pittsburgh from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This event is all about empowering young people to make a difference in the fight against climate change. Whether youre passionate about renewable energy, sustainable living, or environmental policy, theres something here for everyone.
Scientific American
MARCH 18, 2025
As a complex picture of schizophrenia emerges, so do new ways to treat the disorder
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.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 18, 2025
The KRUNK Movement , a youth-driven creative arts program under Center of Life based in Hazelwood, Allegheny County, is making waves on an international stage through the universal power of music. In a groundbreaking partnership with Kichwamba High School in Uganda, young artists from Pittsburgh and Uganda have united to create Suubi a song that amplifies global conversations around sustainability, resilience, and cultural exchange.
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
There are a couple potential explanations for distinctive markings found on a Martian rock, but new evidence suggests they are most likely to be related to microbial activity
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich but the burials at a site called Tombos dont fit this pattern
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Scientific American
MARCH 18, 2025
Analyzing the metaphors we use to talk about ChatGPT can reveal how we’re thinking about the new tech
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
The finest ever map of the cosmic microwave background - the faint evidence of the universe's early form - has yielded precise confirmation of the age of the cosmos and its rate of expansion.
Scientific American
MARCH 18, 2025
Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
A World Meteorological Organization report details a long list of grim records for everything from CO2 levels and temperature to sea ice loss and sea level rise
Scientific American
MARCH 18, 2025
Several medications now calm painful inflammation in the intestines.
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
Speedy new chargers from Chinese automaker BYD take just 5 minutes to restore 400 kilometres of an electric cars range, but will they be widely used?
Scientific American
MARCH 18, 2025
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a cautionary tale from planet hunting’s prehistory
New Scientist
MARCH 18, 2025
Money is a deeply emotive subject, our attitudes to it vary wildly and we are reluctant to bring it up in conversation. Could new research help us to be less weird about it?
Scientific American
MARCH 18, 2025
Artificial Intelligence uses too much energy.
Earth 911
MARCH 18, 2025
Commercial kitchens across the globe use deep fryers to produce the crispy, flavorful foods customers. The post Guest Idea: Ask Your Favorite Restaurant To Embrace Sustainable Deep-Frying appeared first on Earth911.
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