Category «Environmental Law»

Environmental Impact of Airports – Wrestling with Data

Via quantum of sollazzo: “Steven Feldman attempted to create a map showing airports and their environmental impact. The resulting interactive map visualizes estimated emissions on a color scale and can display data by passenger numbers or population impact, with a year slider and zoom-responsive statistics. “Some smaller airports can have a bigger impact because they …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Transportation

DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator

Ars Technica: “Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do. Last summer, a group of officials from the Department of Energy gathered at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling 890-square-mile complex in the eastern desert of Idaho where the US government built its first rudimentary nuclear power plant in …

Subjects: AI, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Report: the morale of federal employees is terrible. That is not good if you want quality weather information

Alan Gerard from Balanced Weather – “Over the weekend, there was a lot of talk on social media about the results from the 2025 version of the annual survey of federal employees done by the Partnership for Public Service about their workplace and the quality of services they feel their agency is providing to the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

A World On Fire Needs More Climate Reporting — Not Less

“War is a climate story, but billionaire media owners don’t want to tell it. The effects of a warming Earth are worsening. Climate disinformation is rampant. Wars around the world are pitting petrostates against one another. So why are much of the world’s media backsliding when it comes to the coverage of climate change? Covering …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Knowledge Management

Trump’s plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit

Ars Technica: “On Monday [March 16, 2026], a consortium that oversees the US’s premier atmospheric research center announced it was suing the Trump administration over plans to shut it down. The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, provides a home for interdisciplinary and collaborative research focused on anything atmospheric. Many of the country’s leading …

Subjects: Climate Change, Courts, Education, Environmental Law, Legal Research

National Academies of Sciences resisting pressure to pull climate info

Follow-up to FJC – Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence Censored, See Also Ars Technica – “Judges are frequently confronted with cases that hinge upon scientific information that their educational backgrounds may leave them ill-equipped to manage. Because of this challenge, the Federal Judicial Center, a group within the judicial branch of the government, has collaborated …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Legal Research

Groundsource: using AI to help communities better predict natural disasters

“When disaster strikes, information is a lifeline. For years, as part of Google’s Crisis Resilience efforts, we’ve provided early warnings about natural hazards to help communities stay safe. However, high-fidelity data for certain disasters like flash floods simply did not exist. This data gap has long prevented our ability to train AI models to predict …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, E-Records, Environmental Law, Search Engines

US has been exporting more oil, petroleum products than it imports since August 2021

USAFacts – “In 2025, the US exported more crude oil and petroleum products than it imported. Petroleum and petroleum product exports totaled about 10.7 million barrels per day, while imports were about 7.9 million barrels a day. That’s a -2.8 million barrel a day difference. Crude oil is a fossil fuel that can be refined …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law

Strait of Hormuz – War and Water

“Fluid Dynamics – The situation in Iran and the region is fluid. Two fluids in particular might drive the course and duration of the war. You can probably guess the first one. Wall Street Journal Gift Article: Strait of Hormuz: The Oil Bottleneck Threatening the Global Economy. But there’s another fluid that could also be …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Legal Research, Transportation

How Budburst Connects Gardeners to Climate Change Research

“Participatory science helps advance climate change research – In participatory science, people from all walks of life contribute to research projects that build toward a better understanding of the natural world. Usually designed and managed by professional scientists, these programs allow an organization to gather a larger amount of data, perhaps over a bigger area …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

Alliance Map Wiki

Alliance Map Wiki – Connect with groups, organizations, and resources around the country. The Alliance Map is a growing directory of organizations working to protect our communities and environment from oil & gas pollution. Browse the map to find organizations working in your state. Is there an organization that should be be included on this …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Legal Research