Tyson Foods Is a Monster in Disguise
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Try as they might, Tyson Foods can't dress up the facts.
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Why Protecting Tribal Rights Is Key to Fighting Climate Change
Yale E360
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians, talks with Yale Environment 360 about how climate change is hitting Native Americans especially hard and why protecting tribal sovereignty is critical for tackling the climate crisis. Read more on E360 ?.
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HotSpots H2O: Flooding Is Latest Strain on South Sudan
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Torrential rainfall is battering one of the world’s poorest countries, laying bare its weak infrastructure. Flooding hits Bentiu, South Sudan in 2014. Photo © UN Photo/JC McIlwaine/Flickr Creative Commons. 700,000 people and counting have been affected by flooding in South Sudan. The floods are just the latest strain on the country, which is already facing widespread hunger, civil conflict, and other climatic stressors.
Cost-Benefit Analysis: FAQs
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Cost-benefit analysis is required for all major regulations. It’s also highly controversial, as well as being a mysterious procedure unless you’re an economist. These FAQs will tell you what you need to know about how cost-benefit analysis (CBA) fits into the regulatory process, how it works, and why it’s controversial. Q: Let’s start with a basic question.
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.
Why High Natural Gas Prices Are So Spooky This Halloween
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In response to higher natural gas prices, US utilities are going back to coal instead of ramping up investments in renewables.
A Big New Forest Initiative Sparks Concerns of a ‘Carbon Heist’
Yale E360
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Major funding to finance forest conservation projects is set to be announced at the UN climate summit next week. But some environmentalists contend the LEAF program could exclude the Indigenous people who have long protected the forests that the initiative aims to save. Read more on E360 ?.
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What do U.S. states do at a COP, anyway?
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 29, 2021
California Governor Jerry Brown in Bonn for the 2018 climate summit. Photo credit Alexandra Gay, member of the UCLA Law delegation that year. You’ve likely heard that the big annual United Nations climate conference is about to get underway in Glasgow, with nations around the world gathering together to try to advance international climate cooperation.
Despite Cutbacks, ExxonMobil Continues to Fund Climate Science Denial
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2021
ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science and block government action.
What’s Up With Water – October 25, 2021
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Transcript. Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In the United States, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife seeks to save a threatened species of salmon, which could also preserve the livelihood of local Native American tribes. Reuters reports that the state agency’s effort to save Chinook salmon coincides with several existential threats to the species.
Forced Relocation Made Native Americans More Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Shows
Yale E360
OCTOBER 29, 2021
By removing tribes from their ancestral lands and relegating them to smaller plots of marginal land, European settlers in the United States left Native Americans more vulnerable to climate change, new research shows. Read more on E360 ?.
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
The Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Working away in anonymity, a cadre of civil servants keeps the machinery of government working. There’s actually a monument in Reykjavík, Iceland to these public servants. It shows someone in a business suit carrying a briefcase — or more specifically, the lower half of the person, with the upper half replaced by a block of basalt. According to a local website , “the block of rock is a perfect metaphor for how everyday life crushes down on us, while at the same time depicting the narrative of t
Fossil Fuel Obstruction Brought Us the Climate Crisis: Hard Questions Big Oil CEOs Should Answer
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics Erika Spanger-Siegfried pulls no punches as she imagines what she'd ask the fossil fuel executives who will be questioned about their role in climate change at a House Oversight and Reform Committee meeting.
A science-based move to climate change adaptation
Real Climate
OCTOBER 27, 2021
All countries in the world urgently need to adapt to climate change but are not yet in a good position to do so. It’s urgent because we are not even adapted to the present climate. This fact is underscored by recent weather-related calamities , such as flooding in Central Europe and heatwaves over North America. It’s also urgent because the oceans act like a flywheel, making sure that cuts in emission of greenhouse gases will have a lagged effect on global warming.
TeamSeas Will Be Transformational for Our Ocean—Let’s Go!
Ocean Conservancy
OCTOBER 29, 2021
Today YouTubers MrBeast, Mark Rober and thousands of other creators are joining together to launch TeamSeas, a crowd-funded campaign with the goal of raising $30 million dollars by January 1 to remove 30 million pounds of trash from rivers, beaches and our ocean. Ocean Conservancy has been chosen as the beaches and ocean partner for the campaign—a testament to our 36-year history of mobilizing the International Coastal Cleanup® and, more recently, removing lost and discarded fishing gear from wa
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.
Show Time: Stark message from the International Energy Agency
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 26, 2021
As the 26 th Climate Conference (COP26) approaches, there is lots of discussion of the recent IPCC report. There will be a flood of other climate reports landing over the next couple of weeks, from international agencies, environmental groups, industry associations, and many others, all timed for maximum attention at the COP. But for a concrete understanding of the present situation, the most important analysis is in a report that appeared back in May.
Fossil Fuel CEOs to Testify in Congress: Five Greenwashing Claims Debunked
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2021
The House Oversight Committee must insist on the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
AI Generates Hypotheses Human Scientists Have Not Thought Of
Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Machine-learning algorithms can guide humans toward new experiments and theories. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
UK will 'pause' publication of data showing biodiversity in decline
New Scientist
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Next year will see an important meeting to agree global biodiversity targets, but the UK says it won't be publishing key data on wildlife and habitats
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.
Catholic Bishops in the US Largely Ignore the Pope’s Concern About Climate Change, a New Study Finds
Inside Climate News
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Researchers at Creighton University reviewed more than 12,000 pastoral communications by the bishops. Only several dozen of those writings said a warming climate was real. By James Bruggers In the six years since Pope Francis published his landmark teaching document on the environment, or “care for our common home,” the leader of the global Catholic Church has only strengthened his call for action to curb climate change.
Why Utility Planning Must Be Inclusive
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2021
What Joseph Daniel learned when he went back to Kansas for a utility resource plan proceeding.
There's Still Time to Fix Climate--About 11 Years
Scientific American
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Aggressive policies, now, can extend the deadline and prevent the worst catastrophes. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Are vegan meat alternatives putting our health on the line?
New Scientist
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Veganism is typically equated with healthy eating, but today’s factory-produced fake bacon, sausages and burgers could be tarnishing the halo of a plant-based diet.
Sustainability at Retail
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Forest regeneration can help preserve the evolutionary history of tropical wildlife
The Applied Ecologist
OCTOBER 29, 2021
In their latest research, Farneda and colleagues show how secondary forest regeneration affects the evolutionary dimension of bat diversity in the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) landscape, Central Amazon, Brazil. Land-use change across the tropics is pervasive, leading to widespread habitat loss and fragmentation. It is also a key driver of biodiversity loss.
The Day of Reckoning for the Oil Industry?
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Oil company CEOs will have to testify under oath about their decades-long campaign to block government action on climate change.
IPCC, You've Made Your Point: Humans Are a Primary Cause of Climate Change
Scientific American
OCTOBER 28, 2021
It’s time to redirect your major focus to how we deal with the problem. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
AI can turn a collection of 2D images into an explorable 3D world
New Scientist
OCTOBER 25, 2021
A neural network can turn a selection of photographs of a scene into a 3D world that can then be viewed from any angle, and could eventually be used in the movie industry
Fusion industry predicts electricity generation by the 2030s
Physics World
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Most private fusion companies expect fusion power to be supplying electricity to the grid in the 2030s. That is according to the first-ever report on the state of the fusion industry, which has been published today by the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). The report – The Global Fusion Industry in 2021 – also finds that private fusion endeavours have received over $1.8bn of funding since the 1990s.
William Shatner, Joe Manchin, and a Rare Trip to Space and Back
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 27, 2021
William Shatner recently returned from a space tourism trip in awe of our galaxy. What would it be like if Senator Joe Manchin had the chance to gain real perspective on our planet?
COVID Vaccine Makers Prepare for a Variant Worse than Delta
Scientific American
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Companies are updating vaccines and testing them on people to prepare for whatever comes next in the pandemic. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
How much less likely are you to spread covid-19 if you're vaccinated?
New Scientist
OCTOBER 23, 2021
Vaccination still greatly reduces the risk of infecting others despite the arrival of the delta variant, recent studies show
All-optical processors could compute any linear transformation, machine learning reveals
Physics World
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Researchers in the US have shown how all-optical processors could be used to carry out a range of linear mathematical transformations, including Fourier transforms. Using machine learning techniques, Onur Kulce , Aydogan Ozcan and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, generated the blueprint for set of diffractive surfaces that can be used to produce specific optical outputs from any arbitrary input.
Making of “Season of the Osprey”
PBS Nature
OCTOBER 28, 2021
The post Making of “Season of the Osprey” appeared first on Nature.
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