Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 1, 2022
At President Biden’s first State of the Union address, he can tout a historic promise he kept from the campaign trail in 2020: his nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. Standing on the shoulders of the likes of Constance Baker Motley and many others, she […].
Circle of Blue
MARCH 1, 2022
Scientific body warns of ‘rapidly closing window’ for action. A woman reaches for a hose from a water tanker in Rajasthan, India. Temperatures on this day in July 2016 exceeded 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – March 1, 2022. The United Nations climate panel issued a blunt and urgent warning to the world on Monday.
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Yale E360
MARCH 1, 2022
The Green Revolution helped feed a surging global population, but at the cost of impoverishing crop diversity. Now, with climate change increasingly threatening food supplies, the need for greater agricultural resilience means restoring endangered crop and food varieties. Read more on E360 ?.
Legal Planet
MARCH 3, 2022
A quarter of carbon emissions from transportation come from heavy-duty trucks. They are also disproportionate sources of air pollution. Addressing these emissions will be challenging and will require a multi-prong strategy. For distances under a few hundred miles, electrification offers the most promising solution. California and fourteen other states plan to make 30% of new heavy-duty truck sales zero emission by 2030.
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 3, 2022
Science Network guest blogger Professor Barbara Allen describes how scientists can better engage with communities for the best impact from their work.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 1, 2022
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 Germany, concerns about water supply are clouding the future of a Tesla factory key to the carmaker’s European expansion plans. The factory has been delayed for several reasons, one of which is a lawsuit filed by two prominent environmental groups.
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Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
ExxonMobil will expand carbon capture and storage at its LaBarge, Wyoming, facility, which has captured more CO2 than any other facility in the world to date. The post ExxonMobil to Expand Carbon Capture and Storage at Wyoming Facility appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 4, 2022
Ukraine and Russia need to establish safe zones around nuclear plants to avoid a catastrophe.
Physics World
MARCH 1, 2022
Physics World is providing regular updates on the response of the physics community to the unfolding Russian invasion of Ukraine and how international collaborations and projects in Europe and beyond are affected. See previous updates here. 01/03/2022 : ? Over 2500 graduates, staff and students from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have signed an open letter opposing the war in Ukraine. “We have been taught for many years that our institute is a brotherhood in which physici
Yale E360
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Rising temperatures are unleashing increasingly severe storms, heat waves, droughts, and floods, challenging humanity's ability to adapt, according to a new report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The assessment warns of the catastrophic impacts that await if nations do not quickly make steep cuts in emissions. Read more on E360 ?.
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
Environment + Energy Leader
MARCH 2, 2022
Along with reducing New York’s carbon footprint, additional benefits of LEDs, which are 50% to 65% more efficient than alternative street lighting options, include. The post More than 1,000 LED Streetlights Installed in Port Jefferson, New York appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 1, 2022
Microgrids can provide communities greater control over their electric supply.
New Scientist
MARCH 2, 2022
Sauropods, a group that includes diplodocus, were assumed to walk like elephants, but a new way to analyse footprints shows their gait was most similar to a hippopotamus
Yale E360
MARCH 2, 2022
The United Nations has adopted an historic resolution laying the groundwork for a legally binding agreement aimed at ending plastic pollution. Read more on E360 ?.
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.
Physics World
MARCH 1, 2022
Physicists backing Japan to build the ¥600bn ($5bn) International Linear Collider (ILC) must re-evaluate their plans and “shelve” the question of the country hosting the proposed next-generation particle collider. That is the stark message to emerge from a panel of senior Japanese officials who have examined progress made towards realising the ILC. They conclude that it is too early for Japan to proceed towards construction of the ILC and instead call for further research and international suppo
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency could have far-reaching impacts for health and the environment.
Law and Environment
MARCH 4, 2022
Earlier this week, the United National Environmental Programme (doesn’t everything just look better with British spelling!) announced that 175 nations had approved a resolution titled “ End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument.” If the ambition of the resolution wasn’t clear from the title, perhaps this quote from the UNEP press release will make it so.
Yale E360
MARCH 4, 2022
Corals subjected to a stressful regime of exceptionally warm water in the laboratory came to be more tolerant of high temperatures, according to new research that offers another possible tool for preserving ailing coral reefs. Read more on E360 ?.
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.
Legal Planet
MARCH 2, 2022
Jason Gray joins the Emmett Institute this month. This month, the Emmett Institute is excited to welcome climate policy expert Jason Gray as the newest member of our team. In his new role as Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , Jason will help direct a major sub-national coalition focused on reducing tropical deforestation and advancing inclusive, equitable, low-emissions development at jurisdiction scale.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The EPA is under extreme pressure from industry to propose an absurdly ineffective standard for trucks.
Circle of Blue
MARCH 2, 2022
Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Once concentrated in southwest Michigan, high-volume irrigation wells have spread north as far as Antrim County, and through central Michigan. © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Amid claims that the state could be a climate refuge, experts say Michigan faces its own water woes.
Energy & the Law
MARCH 1, 2022
It was jurisprudential Groundhog Day as the Supreme Court of Texas handed down Nettye Engler Energy v. Bluestone Natural Resources , another in a series of postproduction cost disputes, only two days after Puxsutawney Phil peeked out of his cozy burrow to pronounce six more weeks of winter. The takeaway. The Court clarified Burlington Resources v. Texas Crude Energy.
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Ocean Conservancy
MARCH 3, 2022
Known in some parts of the world as broadbills, swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) are among the fastest and most powerful predatory fish in our ocean. Their iconic bills are literally like swords—long, flat and pointy, with a strength that mystifies scientists. But rather than using their mighty bills as spears, they slash their prey (smaller fish, squid, cuttlefish, for example) just enough to slow them down and have a yummy meal.
Earth 911
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Wind energy has soared in popularity in the last couple of decades. Today, 8.4% of. The post Repurposing Used Wind Turbine Blades appeared first on Earth911.
Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The Rundown. The EPA rejects industry objections to its restrictions on the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The Interior Department allocates $1.7 billion this year for tribal water rights settlements. The Bureau of Reclamation tells many farmers in California’s Central Valley not to expect irrigation water from federal canals this year. And lastly, House committees hold hearings on federal pandemic relief funds and green infrastructure.
National Law Center
MARCH 4, 2022
A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE. . The post 03 MARAg and Food Law Daily Update: March 4, 2022 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.
Physics World
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Experimental evidence of long-range attractive forces between cellular proteins has been obtained by researchers in France more than 50 years after the idea was first proposed. The forces are mediated by electromagnetic radiation, and they could explain how molecules find their targets inside the crowded interiors of living cells. At any given time, around 130,000 pairwise interactions may be occurring between proteins in a living cell.
Earth 911
MARCH 2, 2022
Released annually by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the GreenerCars ratings for. The post GreenerCars Ranks the Greenest (and Meanest) Vehicles for 2022 appeared first on Earth911.
Inside Climate News
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The findings show the urgency of immediate climate action, but some scientists worry that the conflict in Ukraine may be distracting from the gravity of its message. By Bob Berwyn Today’s report on climate impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was finalized just as Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian scientists at the online approval session Sunday apologized for their country’s invasion, while the war drew Ukrainian scientists away from the meeti
Environmental and Urban Economics
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Most economists do not write books. The profession does not reward book authors and not every book sells like Freakonomics or Why Nations Fail. In truth, most economists do not read books and most view economics books to be indulgent as the author writes out thousands of words rather than cutting the fat, facing the referees and making his/her point concisely.
Physics World
MARCH 1, 2022
Scientists and engineers continue to push the boundaries of what can be achieved with artificial intelligence (AI), with the last few years seeing impressive gains in areas such as speech recognition and natural language processing. But experts agree that the current state-of-the-art still falls some way short of the thinking machines that are widely depicted in science fiction. “AI is very good for solving very specific problems, as long as there is enough data to train the system,”
Cool Green Science
MARCH 3, 2022
“Here in Papua New Guinea, it’s challenging to be a woman. We depend on a healthy environment to put food on the table, and to generate income for to pay for school fees. But often, we are not involved in… The post Gender-Based Violence Is a Conservation Issue: How Do We Respond? appeared first on Cool Green Science.
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