Climate.us Launches Independent Website For Trusted Climate Information
by Climate.us
Climate.us today launched the full version of its new independent, nonprofit climate information website, creating a public-backed home for trusted climate science at a time when access to federal climate resources has become increasingly vulnerable to disruption. The launch reflects strong public demand for reliable climate information. One-third of the funding to support the launch of Climate.us came from more than 2,500 small donations (approximately $250,000) from people who contributed to help preserve access to science-reviewed climate information. More than 80 scientists have volunteered to serve as subject matter expert reviewers.
Amid National PFAS Frenzy, The ‘Maine Model’ Shows States How To Stop ‘Forever Chemicals’ At The Source
by Bill Pluecker, The Revelator
Despite rollbacks and standstills of PFAS regulation federally, we’re seeing impressive bipartisan support to tackle forever chemicals at the state level. This is an important step in the right direction. But as states introduce legislation to regulate PFAS, it’s imperative that they move forward with responsible legislation that has been proven to be effective. There are two policy paths moving through state legislatures, which I call the “Michigan model” and the “Maine model.” Maine and Michigan both lead the charge for state-level PFAS regulation, but there are two key differences in their approaches that make the Maine Model the gold standard.
High Tech Jacket Prototype Pulls Drinking Water From Thin Air – Up To 1.5 Pints Per Day
by Good News Network
A new high tech jacket developed by engineers at the University of Texas can pull drinking water from thin air. With the advance in fabric technology, the jacket can collect up to one-and-a-half pints of drinkable water a day, say scientists. They suggest the ground-breaking technology could benefit anyone who spends a lot of time in areas without easy access to drinking water, like hikers, campers, runners, agricultural workers, and soldiers. “Water harvesting from air is usually imagined as a stationary device such as a box, a panel. We wanted to rethink the form,” said research co-leader Professor Guihua Yu.
Finnish Daycares Ditched Pavement For Mud And Dirt. A Month Later, The Blood Tests Stunned Scientists.
by Adam Albright-Hanna, Upworthy
In Finland, researchers wanted to test a simple idea: what happens to kids’ health if you swap out the pavement, gravel, and plastic in their daycare yards for actual nature? So, they dug up segments of forest floor and moved them into urban daycare centers. They rolled out grass. They added planter boxes where kids could grow and tend crops, and peat blocks for climbing and digging. Then they waited and ran blood tests. The results, published in the journal Science Advances and coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland, were striking enough to surprise the scientists themselves.
Your Local Park Is Bringing In The Green (And By That, We Mean Money)
by Matt Simon, Grist
In an increasingly divided nation, Americans agree on at least two things. For one, politicians across the political spectrum are scrambling to get more housing built, which happens to be an accidentally powerful way to fight climate change. And two, Americans love their parks: A recent poll found that 88 percent of them visited one in the past year. Nearly 90 percent of people who voted for Kamala Harris, and 80 percent of those who voted for Donald Trump, consider these spaces critical infrastructure in their communities. That alone should encourage elected officials to build as many of them as possible.
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