Category «Environmental Law»

Here’s how the EPA calculates how far an EV can go on a full charge

Ars Technica: “How does the US Environmental Protection Agency decide how far an electric vehicle can go on a single charge? The simple explanation is that an EV is driven until the battery runs flat, providing the number that goes on the window sticker. In practice, it’s a lot more complicated than that, with varying …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Transportation

Want to go plastic-free in 2024?

Fast Company: Want to go plastic-free in 2024? Here’s the realistic way I’m cutting out single-use plastic – “Heading into 2024, living without plastic feels as impossible as living without water, medicine, or clothing. Plastic is everywhere—from the depths of the oceans to our blood-brain layers. Despite needing ~1,000 years to decompose, we rely on …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law

America Lost Its One Perfect Tree

The Atlantic: Lumber, shelter, delicious nuts—there was nothing the American chestnut couldn’t provide. [read free] “Across the Northeast, forests are haunted by the ghosts of American giants. A little more than a century ago, these woods brimmed with American chestnuts—stately Goliaths that could grow as high as 130 feet tall and more than 10 feet …

Subjects: Environmental Law

For 50 Years Endangered Species Act Has an Almost Perfect Record

The Messenger – How the groundbreaking law became a critical bulwark against a growing extinction crisis: “In the half-century since, more than 2,300 species from bald eagles to tiny river snails have been listed, and the ESA has helped keep 99% of those from extinction — including the Kirtland’s warbler. Though it has its flaws …

Subjects: Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research

Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

Grist: “In 1995, a leading group of scientists convened by the United Nations declared that they had detected a “human influence” on global temperatures with “effectively irreversible” consequences. In the coming decades, 99.9 percent of scientists would come to agree that burning fossil fuels had disrupted the Earth’s climate. Yet almost 30 years after that …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Mapping the Unequal Distribution of Global Precipitation

Mapping the Unequal Distribution of Global Precipitation – On average, nearly one meter (39 inches) of rain or snow falls on the Earth in a year. However, differences in latitude, winds, changes in the Earth’s surface, and the planet’s tilt, make for an unequal distribution of global precipitation. Cartographer Perrin Remonté uses data from Chelsea …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

BirdWeather

“What is BirdWeather? BirdWeather is a visualization platform that, using the BirdNET artificial neural network (a type of machine learning algorithm), is continuously listening to over 200 active audio stations around the world and is actively plotting their results in a user-friendly map interface. We built BirdWeather to be a living library of bird vocalizations accessible to users via online …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law