Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Hurricane Helene has left an 800-mile path of destruction across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. Right now, people are desperately waiting to hear from loved ones to confirm their safety, while others are living their worst fears as the death toll rises. My heart is heavy. The grief of yet another climate-changed event is overwhelming.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Farming once thrived in the Black Mesa region, before overgrazing and climate change wreaked havoc with the land. Today, the Navajo are restoring their watersheds — and boosting their food sovereignty — with earthen berms and small dams made of woven brush, sticks, and rocks.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Today in my first-year Torts class, I teach the Palsgraf case, one of those cases that every lawyer knows by heart. More about Palsgraf in a moment. It’s a tort case, so it won’t surprise you that oil companies use similar arguments against having to pay damages for climate change. But it may be more surprising that the same doctrine pops up in NEPA and in the constitutional law of standing.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands reveal that the area covered by vegetation grew dramatically between 1986 and 2021 and the rate of growth has accelerated since 2016

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), last week’s Climate Week in New York City s spotlighted the urgent need for ambitious worldwide climate action. The death toll and devastation of Hurricane Helene has underscored that urgency. UNGA and the upcoming international climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan (known as COP29 ), are crucial because governments bear primary responsibility for adopting and implementing policies that will sharply reduce global warming emiss

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Twenty years ago, scientist Richard Thompson sounded the alarm on microplastics pollution. Now, as understanding of the problem has grown, he says it is critical that international negotiators produce an effective plastics treaty when they meet next month in South Korea.

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Cleannovate

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

The thing with beef tallow is that it turns waxy immediately it’s removed from the flame. Wax, as we know it, it hard. And that’s exactly what we are looking for when we want to make bar soap. Combine hardness with good foaming, and you have a superb soap bar that can serve you for ages. And that’s what we shall be talking about here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 2, 2024

For hydrogen to have any role in the clean energy transition , it must be cleanly produced. The Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (“45V”), passed as part of 2022’s landmark climate investment law , was specifically designed to spur the shift away from today’s dirty methods of hydrogen production to truly clean production processes instead.

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Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain is this week shutting down its last coal plant. Starting Tuesday, its power grid will be permanently coal-free.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Governor Newsom recently signed a bill ( SB 1221 ) that lays the groundwork for a vital shift in California’s clean energy transition. The bill– by Senator Dave Min , with support from key decarbonization advocates –will create a pilot program at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to designate up to 30 “neighborhood decarbonization zone” projects.

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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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New Scientist

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A traditional yogurt-making practice from south-eastern Europe uses live ants as a starter, with the insects providing the bacteria and acid needed to initiate fermentation

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For a long time, public health protections that limit the harm of pollutants have been narrowly targeted, asking “Will this chemical from this source pose harm to people?” But that’s not how pollution is actually experienced. When we breathe the air or drink the water, we’re taking in any potential contaminants all at once—with effects that can combine or even compound.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Scientists have found evidence of plastic additives in the air over Southern California, including one additive that has been banned from use in toys.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Rain just before the storm set the stage for a catastrophe. By Sean Sublette Helene is the fourth Gulf Coast hurricane to make landfall this year. Only five other years had that many since comprehensive hurricane records began in 1851.

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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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New Scientist

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A monkey that performed poorly on vision tests did much better after having a stem cell transplant to patch up holes in its retina

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 4, 2024

During a recent presentation on whether the world is “destined for a Cold War in the 21st century,” one of the panelists drew attention to a sentence from an authoritative Chinese document that said China decided to “accelerate the development of strategic deterrent capabilities.” A colleague walked away from the presentation with the impression “strategic deterrent capabilities” refered to nuclear weapons.

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Yale E360

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Over the last four decades, vegetation cover on the Antarctic Peninsula has grown tenfold, a new study finds.

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

New research documents accelerating plant growth on the Antarctic Peninsula and nearby islands. By Bob Berwyn When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago, they saw only a few tiny patches of vegetation covering a total of about 8,000 square feet—less than a football field.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The first 18 satellites of a planned Chinese mega constellation are brighter than all but 500 stars in the sky, raising fears of a huge impact on astronomy

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 2, 2024

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented process

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 1, 2024

This month’s open thread for climate topics. Please stay vaguely on topic and do not abuse other commenters. The post Unforced Variations: Oct 2024 first appeared on RealClimate.

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NRDC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 660, which bans the use of consumer-facing “Sell By” dates and requires the use of standardized food date labeling terminology, reducing consumer confusion and the environmental and socio-economic impacts of food waste

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Plankton that lived during the last glacial maximum have helped confirm the accuracy of our climate models – suggesting the predictions those models make about future El Niño events are accurate too

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Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions from livestock are growing. So are climate-fueled storms that pummel the industry. By Georgina Gustin Matthew. Michael. Florence. Now Helene.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

On October 3, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued its second Fall Foliage Report saying colors in Pennsylvania’s forests are relatively unchanged from last week due to stable day-to-day weather that included persistent mist, light rain and clouds. “It seems the acceleration of color change due to prevalent dryness entering the fall foliage season has been mostly offset by the recent wet and moderating temperature pattern.

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NRDC

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The EPA will soon issue a major new rule to control lead in tap water. We expect it will finally take a big step toward addressing this public health scourge.

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New Scientist

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the repeated thawing and freezing of water inside it, which could have helped asteroids like this carry the building blocks of life to early Earth

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Statement by Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today, Environmental Defence released a poll conducted by Innovative Research of a representative sample of more than 2,000 voters in the Greater Toronto Area on their attitudes towards public transit policy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2024

On October 2, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it will begin accepting applications on October 9 for grants to plug orphan conventional oil and gas wells abandoned by their owners. The new program is part of the $76 million in funding Pennsylvania received from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for plugging wells abandoned by conventional oil and gas well owners.

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National Law Center

OCTOBER 1, 2024

On September 11, 2024, the House passed the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (H.R. 9456) which seeks. The post Focusing on Foreign Investments: Congress Aims to Add Agriculture to CFIUS appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Coral reefs around the world are at risk of collapse due to rising temperatures and acidifying oceans, but the natural adaptability of some species may help buy time

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Reports say investing in plant-centric diets pays huge dividends for slowing climate change, but the livestock industry tells another story. By Georgina Gustin The agenda for Climate Week NYC this year was packed with events at venues all over the city, but prominent among them were panels and discussions focused on food and agriculture.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

By Tali MacArthur, PA Environmental Council Watershed Program Manager This article is part of the Pennsylvania Organization for Watershed and Rivers (POWR) Spotlight on Success Series. Click Here for more stories like this one. When neighbors gathered in 2018 to save the defunct Churchill Valley Country Club — located about ten miles from Pittsburgh — and turn it into a dedicated community green space, they had no idea that this effort would eventually evolve into something much bigger.

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