The study measured methane emissions at about 20 percent of about 1,200 large, operating landfills in the United States. It adds to a growing body of evidence that landfills are a significant driver of climate change, said Riley Duren, founder of the public-private partnership Carbon Mapper, who took part in the study....
Energy use in the industry varies widely depending on greenhouse size and what crops are being grown. A study of 12 indoor farms by the nonprofit Resource Innovation Institute found that five of them used as much energy, per square foot, as a hospital. One vertical farm, an outlier, was guzzling as much energy as a data center.
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas
By checking for fealty to the false “stolen” narrative at the outset, Trump’s allies aren’t simply weeding out people who disagree, they’re weeding out people who won’t acquiesce to the Trumpian approach to reality. They’re not just getting rid of people who won’t go along on this one subject; they’re getting...
This is one of a huge number of environmental protection rules the Biden administration has restored. If you’re an American and want to keep these, it’s important to not just check your voter registration, but to actively volunteer, and if you can afford it, donate
But Alito was the only justice who had voted on more than one case and whose record aligned perfectly with his ideological predispositions: There were zero cases in which he found that a conservative litigant lacked standing, and zero cases in which he found that a liberal plaintiff had standing to sue.
Instead of putting in more drainage pipes, building flood walls and channeling rivers between concrete embankments, which is the usual approach to managing water, Mr. Yu wants to dissipate the destructive force of floodwaters by slowing them and giving them room to spread out....
‘Garbage Lasagna’: Dumps Are a Big Driver of Warming, Study Says | Decades of buried trash is releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas (www.nytimes.com)
The study measured methane emissions at about 20 percent of about 1,200 large, operating landfills in the United States. It adds to a growing body of evidence that landfills are a significant driver of climate change, said Riley Duren, founder of the public-private partnership Carbon Mapper, who took part in the study....
Supreme Court Drags Feet So Long That South Carolina Will Hold 2024 Elections Under Gerrymandered Map (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds (www.latimes.com)
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Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet (wapo.st)
Energy use in the industry varies widely depending on greenhouse size and what crops are being grown. A study of 12 indoor farms by the nonprofit Resource Innovation Institute found that five of them used as much energy, per square foot, as a hospital. One vertical farm, an outlier, was guzzling as much energy as a data center.
AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them. (wapo.st)
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas
Oil Giants Plan to Bury Massive Amounts of CO2 in Southeast Asia | After decades of burning carbon, Exxon, Shell and others are looking to lock down the rare places that can absorb it. (www.bloomberg.com)
The revamped Republican Party turns Trump’s lies into a loyalty test (www.washingtonpost.com)
By checking for fealty to the false “stolen” narrative at the outset, Trump’s allies aren’t simply weeding out people who disagree, they’re weeding out people who won’t acquiesce to the Trumpian approach to reality. They’re not just getting rid of people who won’t go along on this one subject; they’re getting...
Biden Administration Restores Wildlife Protections Weakened Under Trump | The rules give federal officials more leeway to protect species in a changing climate. Industry groups are expected to sue. (www.nytimes.com)
This is one of a huge number of environmental protection rules the Biden administration has restored. If you’re an American and want to keep these, it’s important to not just check your voter registration, but to actively volunteer, and if you can afford it, donate
His job is to interpret the Constitution. Would he rather run the FDA? (wapo.st)
But Alito was the only justice who had voted on more than one case and whose record aligned perfectly with his ideological predispositions: There were zero cases in which he found that a conservative litigant lacked standing, and zero cases in which he found that a liberal plaintiff had standing to sue.
The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close (www.nytimes.com)
As Europe shifts to clean energy, does it still need so much US LNG? (www.canarymedia.com)
Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals | World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report (www.theguardian.com)
What College Applicants Really Think About Republicans’ Campus Panic (www.nytimes.com)
Hotter Days Mean Livelier Nights (and More Naps) | Rising temperatures will make siestas essential in more regions. (www.bloomberg.com)
He’s Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water | A landscape architect in China has a surprising strategy to help manage surges of water from storms supercharged by climate change. (www.nytimes.com)
Instead of putting in more drainage pipes, building flood walls and channeling rivers between concrete embankments, which is the usual approach to managing water, Mr. Yu wants to dissipate the destructive force of floodwaters by slowing them and giving them room to spread out....
Climate protesters block Amazon’s Seattle HQ to oppose fossil fuel plans (www.kuow.org)
A first step toward a global price on carbon (messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com)
How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk (www.nytimes.com)
Tired of Doomscrolling? Try Ringing a Doorbell for Fish. (www.nytimes.com)
‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality (www.nytimes.com)