"Leading Denier Think Tank Uses AI Image of Dead Whale and Wind Turbines"
"The Texas Public Policy Foundation used AI to push a misleading story about renewable energy—a practice that could soon become widespread."
Source: Earther, 03/17/2023
Search results
"Shell Rules Out More Ambitious Goal For End-User Emissions"
"Shell has ruled out setting targets to cut emissions in absolute terms from customers' use of its products, its chair said in a report published on Thursday as the energy company faces increased activist and investor pressure over climate."
Source: Reuters, 03/17/2023
"How Forest Loss Can Unleash the Next Pandemic"
"The forests around the epicenter of the world’s worst Ebola outbreak are getting patchier. The next pandemic could emerge from the edges around these patches, where wildlife and humans mix."
Source: ProPublica, 03/17/2023
Survivors In Shock As Cyclone Freddy Toll Passes 400 In Malawi, Mozambique
"The last thing Lukia Akimu remembers is the surge of floodwater that hit her village near Mount Soche this week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through southern Malawi. The next thing she knew, she woke up in hospital, her head wrapped in bandages and her neck in a brace."
Source: Reuters, 03/17/2023
"Biden Plans to Name Nevada’s Spirit Mountain Area a National Monument"
"President Biden plans next week to designate nearly a half-million acres of the Spirit Mountain area in southern Nevada as a national monument, according to two people familiar with the matter, protecting some of the most biologically diverse and culturally significant lands in the Mojave Desert."
Source: NYTimes, 03/17/2023
"Audubon Keeps Name Tied To Enslaver, Roils Staff"
"The National Audubon Society announced Wednesday that it’s keeping its name, following a lengthy internal debate and pressure from staff to sever ties to its namesake, bird artist and enslaver John James Audubon."
Source: E&E News, 03/16/2023
"Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals"
"Last summer, the highly contagious strain of avian influenza that had been spreading through North American birds made its way into marine mammals, causing a spike in seal strandings along the coast of Maine. In June and July, more than 150 dead or ailing seals washed ashore."
Source: NYTimes, 03/16/2023
"Inside The Movement To Remake America’s City Streets"
"The automobile has been a fixture of urban life for more than a century. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Congested streets turned into pedestrian safe havens. Now many want to make those changes permanent — but it won’t happen without a fight."
Source: Washington Post, 03/16/2023
"Senate Hope For Permit Deal Alive After DOA House Energy Bill"
"Senate Democrats are still holding out hope for a deal on permitting reform, but a House Republican energy bill is not going to do the trick."
Source: E&E News, 03/16/2023
Science Talk ’23
The Association of Science Communicators' SCIENCE TALK '23 is a hybrid conference taking place Apr 6-7 both in-person in Portland, Oregon, and with real-time online participation for speakers and attendees. This year's theme is "Giving Science a Voice."
