Yale E360
JUNE 24, 2021
For years, analysts have predicted that rising world oil consumption would peak and start declining in the coming decades. But with a recent string of setbacks for big oil companies and the rapid advance of electric vehicles, some now say that “peak oil” is already here. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 25, 2021
Four groups will be hit especially hard by the historic heat wave.
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Circle of Blue
JUNE 24, 2021
When water stops flowing, painful days are at hand. Lake Shasta was low enough on March 8, 2021 that a boat ramp at Bridge Bay did not reach the water. Today, the largest reservoir in California is just 40 percent full. Photo © Brett Walton/Circle of Blue. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – June 24, 2021. It develops in stages, a story that builds upon itself.
Legal Planet
JUNE 21, 2021
The western U.S. is staring climate change in the face. Most of the West is experiencing “severe” or “exceptional” drought. We could be heading into the worst drought period in centuries. Major dam reservoirs are down to record low levels. The region is also in the grips of a record-breaking heatwave. We can expect another bad wildfire season , maybe not as bad as last year but still bad.
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.
Yale E360
JUNE 23, 2021
A new report details global warming’s impact on Yellowstone Park, changes that have begun to fundamentally alter its famed ecosystem and threaten everything from its forests to Old Faithful geyser. Such troubling shifts are occurring in national parks across the U.S. West. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 23, 2021
The fact that the outcome of yesterday’s vote was expected made it no less tragic, when along purely partisan lines, the US Senate failed to consider much needed voting rights protections in the For the People Act (FTPA). Criticisms of the bill ranged from thoughtful to conspiratorial. Senator Murkowski (R-AK) had at least read the bill, […].
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Legal Planet
JUNE 23, 2021
photo credit: Reason.com. In a closely-watched property rights decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today held unconstitutional a longstanding California regulation allowing labor unions intermittent access to agricultural workplaces for labor organizing purposes. Reversing a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a 6-3 Supreme Court majority ruled that the challenged regulation triggers a per se , compensable government “taking” of private property under the Fifth Amendment t
Yale E360
JUNE 21, 2021
A new paper argues that adapting to climate change over the long term will require managed retreat from areas that are prone to floods or other hazards. While managed retreat has long been viewed as a solution of last resort, authors say that it can be an economically efficient means of coping with climate change. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2021
During January, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released an unsigned statement entitled “United States Department of Justice Statement on the PCAST Report: Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods.” The statement criticizes a scientific report on the state of forensic science published by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and […].
Circle of Blue
JUNE 21, 2021
Shahdad Desert, Iran. Photo © Mostafa Farzan. Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue. Lack of water is one of Iran’s biggest environmental and social risks. On the outskirts of Tehran, and in the country’s rural expanses, the signs of such stress are abundantly visible: brittle plains, cracked ground, sinkholes, sandy plateaus. . A decades-long drought in one of the warming world’s most arid regions, heightened by what many consider to be governmental mismanagement, has set the stage for a severe,
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
NAEP Leadership Blog
JUNE 21, 2021
How often do we consider our relationship to place? How often is it foremost in our minds and hearts that we belong to and are being shaped by a specific place? We are truly in relationship with the landscape, both the built and natural landscape. Whether we know it or not, ours is a conscious and subconscious decision to be here; here in a place that reflects the emotional landscape we move through.
Yale E360
JUNE 23, 2021
Maintenance costs for a light-duty, battery-powered car are around 40 percent less per mile than for a gas-powered car, according to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 24, 2021
Today, the Commission voted to approve a decision requiring the purchase of a massive amount of new clean energy resources in order to bolster grid reliability.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 23, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Jordan cancels plans with Israel and the Palestinian Authority to build a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. An oil refinery on the U.S. Virgin Islands closes its doors after contaminating the local water supply. A new report finds no lasting effects from fluoride contamination in a Utah city’s water supply. Environmentalists begin cataloguing wildlife in an attempt to preserve wetlands outside of Romania’s capital.
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.
Scientific American
JUNE 25, 2021
Scientists say even the toughest vegetation cannot tolerate today’s heat waves. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Yale E360
JUNE 25, 2021
Long famed for its spectacular fishing, sprawling coral reefs and literary residents such as Ernest Hemingway, the Florida Keys is now acknowledging a previously unthinkable reality: it faces being overwhelmed by the rising seas and not every home can be saved. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 23, 2021
To limit the severity of climate impacts to come, we need ambitious climate goals—and we need ambitious climate actions to match. Right now, we’re long on vision but short on action, leaving us sickeningly clear-eyed about the costs and consequences of our steady stumbling failure to bridge the two. One place this divergence couldn’t be […].
Physics World
JUNE 24, 2021
Astronomers sifting through data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) have spotted a large Oort Cloud object approaching the outer regions of the solar system. The discovery has caused ripples of excitement within the planetary science community because of the object’s unusually large size – initial estimates suggest it may be as big as 130–160 km across, substantially bigger than some of the largest comets.
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.
Scientific American
JUNE 25, 2021
The SpillOver tool catalogs viruses that could cause a new pandemic. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
New Scientist
JUNE 23, 2021
The Hollywood movie Hidden Figures made a star of Katherine Johnson, the pioneering NASA mathematician whose talents played a key part in putting the first US astronaut into orbit.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 23, 2021
Not a day goes by when I am not confronted with the fact that my 700,000 neighbors have been purposefully disenfranchised for centuries.
Inside Climate News
JUNE 23, 2021
Warming of the surface of the Arctic is matched by a colder polar vortex high in the atmosphere, which is speeding the breakdown of the Earth’s shield against ultraviolet rays. By Bob Berwyn After sampling the atmosphere above the Arctic for more than a year during the MOSAiC research voyage , climate scientists say the ozone layer, Earth’s protection against intense ultraviolet radiation, is at risk, despite the progress made in protecting atmospheric ozone by the 1987 Montreal Protocol , the g
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Scientific American
JUNE 24, 2021
Chronic inflammation and immune breakdown appear to be key reasons. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
JUNE 24, 2021
Researchers in fields such as tissue engineering and biomedical device development are increasingly harnessing the countless applications that 3D printing of bioscaffolds has unlocked. However, most common 3D printing techniques use highly specific materials that require careful chemical tuning to be rendered functional for practical use. For instance, light-based techniques such as stereolithography or digital processing can create fantastic structures, but require specialized light-activated m
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 23, 2021
It’s somewhat indescribable—our love of the ocean. Since time immemorial, humans have been enamored by our ocean in one way or another. And it can be hard, if not impossible, to put into meaningful words the feeling of strolling the shore, digging your toes in the sand, breathing in that salty air and just … listening to the waves crash. This is why one of my absolute favorite parts of managing Ocean Conservancy’s Annual Photo Contest is not just seeing the incredible images that are submitted b
Frontiers
JUNE 24, 2021
By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer/Prof James Serpell, University of Pennsylvania. Prof James A Serpell, University of Pennsylvania. Image: University of Pennsylvania. Two distinctly different stories have been created to explain how fearsome, wild wolves were first domesticated by humans, according to Prof James A Serpell of the University of Pennsylvania.
Scientific American
JUNE 25, 2021
Our diverse ways of seeing reality will never, and should never, meld into a monolithic worldview. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
JUNE 20, 2021
Physicists should be wary of data from gravitational-wave observatories that appear to contradict Einstein’s general theory of relativity. That is the message from researchers in the UK, who have analysed how errors accumulate when combining the results from multiple black-hole mergers. They say that current gravitational-wave catalogues contain nearly enough events to potentially generate errors large enough to be confused with signals for alternative theories of gravity.
Law and Environment
JUNE 24, 2021
This week, Judge Karen Green denied Exxon Mobil’s motion to dismiss claims brought by Massachusetts under its Consumer Protection Act. The complaint alleges that Exxon Mobil both mislead Massachusetts investors in its marketing to them of Exxon Mobil securities and mislead Massachusetts consumers in its marketing of its products to those consumers. Judge Green rejected Exxon Mobil’s arguments that it was not subject to jurisdiction in Massachusetts with respect to these claims.
Circle of Blue
JUNE 24, 2021
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Experts have advised politicians in Northern Ireland to export more than a third of animal waste amid water and soil quality concerns. The body of an Indigenous land and water activist was found in Mexico almost a month after he disappeared. Some well water customers in Jackson, Mississippi , are still under a boil-water notice while repairs are made to the city’s beleaguered water system.
Scientific American
JUNE 22, 2021
Researchers have begun to crack the code of protein structure, allowing them to remake, well, everything. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.
Physics World
JUNE 22, 2021
For the first time, experiments have clearly shown how powerful Alfvén waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere transfer their energy to electrons that then cause intense episodes of the Northern and Southern Lights. The work was done in the US by James Schroeder at Wheaton College in Illinois and colleagues at the University of Iowa, University of California, Los Angeles and the Space Science Institute.
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