Thanks Tom! Much appreciated 👍
Game changer if the lawsuit is successful.
UPDATE: By misleading the public, the suit says, ExxonMobil encouraged the excessive use of plastic, which is produced from fossil fuels. In a press conference on Monday, Bonta said California spends over $1 billion each year to manage its plastic waste problems.
California’s lawsuit alleges that ExxonMobil has known for decades that recycling would not effectively stem the flow of plastic waste.
The English language set is complete! Today, the paperback of The Blue Machine is published in the US & Canada It won the Wainwright Prize, was BBC R4 book of the week, top 10 science book of 2023 by the FT, Times & Science. Spread the ocean love & tell your friends! wwnorton.com/books/9...
A report on the path to net zero aviation, according to Cambridge's Whittle Laboratory, is interesting by some of the omissions. No mention of an aviation fuel tax. Maybe its being realistic as global agreement needed for this is way out of reach. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/flig...
Flight path to net zero
I’m going to be pushing pro-Earth propaganda on the High Line today. Stop by and say hi! climatesciencefair.emersoncollective.com/pioneerworks
Pioneer Works is a nonprofit cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, dedicated to building community through the integration of arts and sciences. By fostering multidisciplinary collaborations, the org...
Gulp. This excellent review of microplastics should make us all stop and think. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Twenty years after the first publication using the term microplastics, we review current understanding, refine definitions and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources incl...
A 2 year post-doc offer on the acceleration of pace-of-life and senescence in response to climate change in the common lizard. The post-doc will work with Jean-François Le Galliard and Sandrine Meylan at the iEES lab (Paris, France), as part of the larger TIPEX project. lizardecology.org?p=3585
"Annealing" an ancient materials science trick discovered by blacksmiths might just save NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/s...