New Scientist
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic pollution — here's what experts say it needs to include
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
It’s 20 years since we started blogging on climate here on RealClimate (December 10, 2004). We wanted to counter disinformation about climate change that was spreading through various campaigns. In those days it was an unusual move that prompted a welcome from Nature. One thing that I didn’t anticipate then was the vast global scale that fake news and conspiracy theories later would attain.
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Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The Aliso Canyon gas storage facility blowout in 2015-16 was the largest methane gas leak in the history of the United States. In addition to the climate effects from the methane leakage — 109,000 metric tons, the equivalent of burning over 1 billion gallons of gasoline — there were tremendous health impacts on neighboring communities and even throughout California.
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In northern India, drones and camera traps deployed to monitor wildlife are being used by local officials to spy on women without their consent.
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
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
In 2022 I visited Glacier National Park for the first time with two close friends. We spent five days backpacking through the backcountry, and I was enthralled by the park’s vastness and beauty and the chance to see glaciers for the first time in my life. While I loved camping out in the wild, as a trail runner I couldn’t help but think of ways to travel lighter, cover more territory, and see even more of this breathtaking landscape.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Three people in North America without known animal exposures have tested positive for the bird flu virus H5N1, and samples from two of them suggest the virus is adapting to humans
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Yale E360
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Rich nations pledged $300 billion a year in aid, but developing countries that need help building out renewable energy and adapting to climate impacts say they again felt bullied to accept an inadequate agreement.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
On November 25 at a Washington County Courthouse hearing, Shell Falcon Pipeline LP pleads no contest to three of 13 criminal charges for violating the state Clean Streams when it constructed a natural gas liquids pipeline in Allegheny, Beaver and Washington counties serving the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County, according to the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Comparing historical heat extremes with climate simulations has revealed that in parts of the world the models are underestimating how extreme heatwaves are getting
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Physicists have described a system that requires an incomputable number to fully understand, another example of the provably unprovable puzzles of mathematics
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
Yale E360
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Sky-high power prices are fueling a massive solar buildout in Pakistan.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the November 30 PA Bulletin -- -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 30 [PaEN] -- DEP published notice in the November 30 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a draft Community Water System Design Standards - Part II Public Water Supply Manual Technical Guidance [ DEP ID: 394-2125-004 ].
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Researchers have used lasers to encode information in diamonds, demonstrating record-breaking data density in an ultra-stable and long-lasting system
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
When life feels difficult, humor can be a coping mechanism that relieves stress and offers the breathing room to keep going, scientists say
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.
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
The vast central Asian country has millions of acres of pastureland. Can it produce steaks and burgers that offset emissions—and earn carbon credits for them? Story and photos by Georgina Gustin Akmola Region, Kazakhstan—The highway running north toward the Russian border is long and straight, a black line streaking across a snowy flatness. A clutch of pine trees, a row of utility poles, a small flock of crows taking flight.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
On November 25, Eckley Miners' Village in Weatherly, Carbon County announced it has received a $15,000 American Eagle Outfitters Foundation grant to support the PA Historical and Museum Commission project to make the Village a sustainable, innovative heritage destination through the adaptive reuse of several historic homes. American Eagle joins the Willary, Sordoni, Luzerne, CAN DO, and PPL Community Foundations, Earth Conservancy , PNC Bank, Mauch Chunk Trust, the Pennsylvania Anthracite Sectio
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
The content you see on social media is often determined by an algorithm - and it turns out that these algorithms can rapidly change your views
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
From “ouch” to “ aïe ” to “ yakayi, ” languages across the world exclaim pain using similar-sounding words, hinting at a common origin
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.
Inside Climate News
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
As climate change brings sudden shifts between extreme drought and catastrophic floods, water policy experts urge state resource managers to take a new approach. By Liza Gross California officials regularly tout their global leadership on climate, yet experts warn that state preparations for a warming world need a major overhaul.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
By Kristen Heberlig, CBF Resiliency Program Manager in PA When considering a Christmas tree this holiday season, “getting real” helps the environment and local economy at the same time. Unlike artificial trees, real Christmas trees are recyclable and renewable resources that clean our water and our air and provide important habitat for wildlife. Buying a real Christmas tree every year also supports Pennsylvania growers, which is good for the economy.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Reperfusion technologies that can reanimate human brains are raising the possibility that death could be a reversible condition, even hours after a cardiac arrest
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
RFK, Jr., and other potential and current government officials have spread shaky health claims about fluoridated water.
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Environmental Law Centre
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Over the last year, you have been a significant part of our success—reading, engaging, sharing and giving to the Environmental Law Centre, Alberta. Here is a snapshot of our year. The post 2024 at a Glance appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
On November 25, Natural Lands and ClearWater Conservancy announced the preservation of the 667-acre Ridge Farm in Jackson and Miller Townships, Huntingdon County. The property is now under a conservation easement with Natural Lands that will forever protect the forest and streams, and the wildlife that call these places home. Ridge Farm is 90 percent wooded with mature conifers and hardwood trees.
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The more exciting, transformative, and revolutionary a science result appears, especially coming out of nowhere, the more likely it is to be dead wrong.
NRDC
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
NRDC’s attorneys will continue our time-tested tactics to defend public health and the environment from future federal attacks.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
By Mariah Lucas, Penn State News Since 2001, the Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies , housed in the Larson Transportation Institute in the Penn State College of Engineering’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has worked to reduce the environmental impact of public dirt and gravel roads and undersized bridges and culverts by contributing to the Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission’s Dirt, Gravel, and Low Volume Road Maintenance Program (DGLVR).
New Scientist
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Rising carbon dioxide levels are driving an increase in the ocean’s acidity – and this change is sinking deeper as emissions increase, putting even more marine organisms at risk
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
The particles that make up wildfire smoke may raise the risk of dementia even more than similar airborne pollutants from other sources
NRDC
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
At COP29 in Baku, governments agreed to a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance. How can this be delivered?
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
By Penn State News Sometimes seemingly small efforts can have a big impact. That’s what Autumn Sabo is hoping will happen with The Patch Project, an initiative with local nonprofit Reforest Our Future that aims to restore natural elements to the local landscape. Sabo, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Beaver, and Jeff Karwoski, founder and executive director of Reforest Our Future , are planting 10 small patches of forest around Beaver County.
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