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Le cose viste dall'alto fanno meno paura. by Barbara Marin

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ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter blasts itself closer to the Red Planet  

Mission aims to find little green men, no less

The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has successfully completed its engine burn and is on track to enter orbit around Mars on 19 October.…

 
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FERCenomics  


by guest blogger Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper

In March, a jury awarded $4.3 million to two Pennsylvania families that drank well water contaminated by methane. Gas wells drilled by an oil corporation leaked the methane into the water. As a result, the families suffered vomiting, dizziness and skin rashes. In April, a man in Salem, Pennsylvania, was burned in his home when a nearby natural gas pipeline exploded, destroying his house and sending him to the hospital.

What do these incidents have in common? Gas fracked from shale. And they are just a few of the many examples of people suffering at the hands of the industries drilling and transporting fracked shale gas.

From source to end use, fracked shale is harming communities. Research shows overwhelmingly that fracking contaminates our air and water. In Pennsylvania alone, there have already been more than 200 confirmed cases of drinking water contamination caused by natural gas drilling. Problems from contamination last for generations. For instance, children of mothers living within 10 miles of gas wells are 30 percent percent more likely to be born with congenital heart disease and twice as likely to have a neural tube defect.

In a rush to get this deadly gas to market, companies are scrambling to build more pipelines, which inflict a new set of harms and scars on humans and our environments. In fact, all across the country, the fracking industry is rushing to build ever-more dangerous pipelines, cutting through private property and public lands in the process. Not only do these pipeline developments encourage increased greenhouse-gas emissions, threatening the future of our planet, but they also create tangibly hazardous threats to human health and safety.

Much of this is approved by a federal agency known as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). While FERC is tasked with reviewing and approving fracked gas pipelines to ensure orderly development that complies with the law, the agency has a long history of responding only to the needs of the fracking industry, failing to protect communities or natural resources that are fundamental to sustaining life.

FERC has used its authority to encourage and support the rapid proliferation of pipelines, compressors, and liquified natural gas facilities that export U.S. natural gas to other nations. FERC has used its legal authority to help the pipeline industry strip people of their property rights, forcing them to become unwilling hosts to dangerous pipelines that damage their property and limit their ability to use their own property. FERC has supported pipelines passing through farmland and business properties, even though some businesses have been forced to shut down and farmers have had reduced crop yields, damaging their ability to earn a living from the land, which threatens an occupation that has been a mainstay of American life. Communities that have purchased and protected public parks and forests for their enjoyment and environmental benefit have been forced to stand by as FERC-approved pipelines cut down trees and ram through creeks.

By exposing communities to dangerous chemicals, fracking endangers our homes and schools. And by continuing to expand the use of fossil fuels and fracking infrastructure, as a society, we are telling affected communities they are less important than industry goals. We are prioritizing the business profits of the fracked-gas industries ahead of the safety of us all.

But the cost of continued dependence on fossil fuels is far too great to support any longer.

Earlier this year, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) filed multiple lawsuits against FERC, highlighting its bias, calling for change in its funding structure, and demanding accountability and responsibility in regulation. Congress is not holding FERC accountable for its abuses of law and power, so the people must--and we are seeking to do so through both our advocacy and the enforcement of the law in the courts. Hopefully, some day soon, some real congressional champions who want to advance, protect, and reform will step forward and fight with us for meangingful protection and change.

From PennEast to Atlantic Sunrise, Constitution to Leidy Southeast, new and costly pipelines are snaking through the Delaware River Basin and through our nation at large. However, we have the opportunity to stop this dangerous pattern. By demanding that our government uphold its obligations to protect the people first, enforce the environmental regulations already on the books, and stop the careless ruin of our communities and future. It's time for FERC to get the message.

Communities that want to learn more and want to reach out to their legislators to advance reform can do so at bit.ly/FERCNeedsInvestigation.

Maya K. van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper, and has led the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) since 1994. The DRN is a regional nonprofit advocacy organization that monitors the river and all of its tributaries for threats and challenges, and that advocates, educates, and litigates for protection, restoration, and change.


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r0B0t: Lithium-ion pioneer Sony is selling its battery arm  
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Inside the 'Intentional Lifestyle' of Communal Living  

The group-housing industry is growing in American cities. One Brooklyn company, Pure House, prides itself on providing not just group housing, but “an intentional way of living” amid the isolation of modern urban life. In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, the residents of Pure House invite James Hamblin to learn more about the trend, complete with dinner and meditation.

 
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How to fix work relationships that are driving you crazy  

Mashable's latest #BizChats discussed how to mend relationships that are on the rocks with you fellow coworkers. 

Over the course of an hour, our influencers covered an array of questions ranging from how to mend a relationship with a supervisor that you got off on the wrong foot with, to constructive ways to improve your work relationship with an incompetent coworker. 

Several experts took part in the conversation including:  Dr. Leah Klungness, Ph.D., psychologist and expert on relationship issues; Melanie Greenberg, Ph.D, psychologist, blogger and expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy for adults; Suzy Welch, business journalist, career advice contributor on the TODAY show and best-selling co-author of The Real Life MBA; and Sylvia Lafair, Ph.D., business leadership expert in optimizing workplace relationships.  Read more...

More about Work Relationships, Work Play, Startups, Small Business, and Marketing  
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Sleeping Giant of Climate Change (Hint: It's Before Your Eyes)  


One-third or more of all the global food produced never makes it from the farm to our fork. In fact, if measured as a country, food waste would be the third largest for greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization which revised upward its estimated carbon footprint of food waste to a staggering 3.6 gigatons of CO2.

With nations around the world starting to design programs to meet COP21 climate commitments, now is the time to address food waste as the sleeping climate giant surprisingly hidden before our eyes.

The Model for Success may be the Age of Energy Efficiency
As we tackle food waste, we can learn lessons from the energy conservation movement. The last 20 years was the Age of Energy Efficiency. Technology allowed the increasingly more efficient use of electricity distributed to more people and more buildings without new power plants and the resulting climate emissions. Since 1990, the 29 member countries of the International Energy Agency saved enough electricity through energy efficiency investments to avoid the equivalent emissions of 14,500 coal-fired power plants for one year. How did we do that? Energy efficiency rebates, education programs and regulatory signals for energy efficient technology development all played a role.

Age of Food Efficiency
Now, we need an Age of Food Efficiency. We already grow and produce enough food to feed 10 billion people, yet sadly on a planet of 7 billion people, nearly 1 billion people go to bed hungry every night.

Like energy, we need to efficiently spread the food we already grow and produce across more people without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Why shouldn't food conservation be every bit as important as energy conservation?

Like energy, we need the same prompts in rebates, education and technology development to lower food waste. We need a new paradigm. We need the Age of Food Efficiency where we waste less to feed more with big dividends to the environment.

Consumers are Part of the Problem and the Solution
The issue of food waste is not about despair or guilt. Rather, I see it as an opportunity for everyone to get involved - we can all do our own part. One-third of all food wasted globally happens at the consumer level. In the U.S., food is becoming the top item in many landfills. Let's buy just what we need so we don't throw so much away. Let's have a plan for every item placed in our grocery carts.

Here's Where the Rot Really Stinks
The other two-thirds of all food wasted globally happens at the production and distribution level, mostly in emerging economies where food often never makes it from the field from harvest, or frequently spoils in poor distribution systems or open-air markets. Access to capital, technologies and best educational practices would go a long way to make a difference - and all this could be prompted by emerging economies developing food waste reduction strategies to meet their COP21 climate commitments.

Why?

For two reasons. First, when food waste is managed as a climate issue, it will unlock new policies and new resources to do something about it.

Second, lowering food waste is the only climate policy that simultaneously reduces greenhouse gasses, feeds more people, saves water and promotes national security. No other policy can do the same.

I'm working with NGOs, policy makers, and colleagues in the food refrigeration industry to think about these issues every day. I want to hear what you think. Tweet me @JohnMandyck to continue the conversation.

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This video shows why we must stop TPP to keep fossil fuels in the ground  
The climate movement has achieved critical wins recently. Protecting the Atlantic coast from offshore drilling, stopping fracking in New York, and defeating the Keystone XL pipeline to name a few. Yet, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), if approved by Congress, could undermine these and other critical climate victories. And the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) isn't looking much better. We can't let corporate trade deals hamper climate progress; we must defeat the TPP.

That's the message of a new video released by the Sierra Club today.

The video comes at a key moment in history. The TPP, a deal that was negotiated in secret with hundreds of corporate advisors and that grants broad new rights to multinational corporations, is facing immense opposition from over a thousand civil society organizations (including hundreds of environmental organizations), millions of members of the public, over a hundred city councils, economists, actors like Mark Ruffalo and Evangeline Lilly, musicians, and both presidential candidates.

And yet, TPP backers--mostly the same multinational corporations who helped craft the deal and will benefit from it--are eager for Congress to pass the agreement during the "lame duck" session in Congress late this year.

As our narrator Evangeline Lilly explains in the video, we can't let that happen, for the sake of our climate. Check it out:



It has never been more critical to take the bold action necessary to tackle climate disruption. The last thing we need is corporate-driven and polluter-friendly trade deals to get in the way. Please watch and share this video and, most importantly, call on your Member of Congress to oppose this corporate giveaway.

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Trump Now Blames Scientists For Global Warming 'Hoax'  
Donald Trump offered a new explanation this week on why he believes climate change is a hoax. Past explanations have included blaming China for making up climate change for their benefit. But that was before being nominated for President. So what's his position today?

Speaking with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News, Trump gave an updated account of why he thinks global warming is a hoax.

O'REILLY: Did you ever call climate change a hoax?

TRUMP: Well, I might have because when I look at some of the things that are going on, in fact if you look at Europe where they had their big summit a couple of years ago, where people were sending out emails, scientists practically calling it a hoax and they were laughing at it. So, yeah, I probably did. I see what's going on and you see what's going on.

The Discredited ClimateGate Conspiracy Theory

Trump appears to be referring here to the illegal hacking of scientists' emails in 2009, which climate skeptics gleefully dubbed "ClimateGate." These conspiracy theories have been thoroughly debunked (see for example FactCheck.org , Union of Concerned Scientists, and Politifact). After the emails were released, every investigative report -- from the National Science Foundation Inspector General, NOAA's Inspector General, Penn State University, University of East Anglica, and the UK Parliament -- reached the same conclusion: nothing in the emails in any way altered the overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is warming due to increased levels of pollution.

Illegal Hacking Timed to Disrupt Climate Talks

Despite the thorough debunking of these attacks on scientists, the conspiracy theories gained traction in the media and, as Trump demonstrates, remain a convenient go-to point for skeptics today. The hacked emails were mysteriously dumped in 2009 on a server in Russia at an optimally timed moment as President Obama and world leaders were preparing to head to Copenhagen forge a new global climate agreement. The scientific community was instantly judged guilty in kangaroo courts led by Fox News and other media outlets who chased the story before investigating the facts. Fox News' Sean Hannity helped lead the charge, declaring:

HANNITY (2009): "it is safe to say that ClimateGate has revealed that global warming and that movement is run by hacks and frauds."

Fast forward to 2016

Today, NASA says there is a 99 percent chance that 2016 will be the hottest year on record, following the previous record set just last year. Three-quarters of Americans understand that the world is warming, which is creating a tough challenge for thoughtful Republicans who are caught between voters and a nominee who denies the problem.

Given his past statements, nobody should be surprised that Trump is dismissive of climate change. But endorsing the ClimateGate conspiracy theory years after it has been discredited should be alarming not only for the scientists he is ridiculing, but also for anyone who wants to make sure we leave a healthy planet for future generations.

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The Switch by Chris Goodall solar power is finally taking over  
The transition to solar is happening faster than predicted, and now power can be stored when the sun isn't shining. This book is a guide to the latest exciting developments

A sense of drift and apathy has pervaded the global warming and renewable energy debate for too long. The fossil fuel companies continue to dig coal and pump oil and gas; herbivorous idealists, scientists and ecowarriors emit their ritual opposition. The carbon load forced into the atmosphere continues to rise, and the general public seems resigned.

But 2016 is the year this will really begin to change. Chris Goodall's book is wonderfully up to date but, thanks to the pace of change, even he couldn't keep up with the avalanche of news and initiatives conspiring to justify his subtitle. In May, Shell announced a major move into renewables; on 15 May Germany received almost all its electricity from renewables; for four days from 7 to 10 May Portugal did the same. Goodall, who is an economist rather than a technologist or ecowarrior, explains why the change is happening now: the cost of solar electricity is falling much faster than anyone predicted. Solar power is approaching parity with fossil fuels and can only become cheaper as time goes by.

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Avoiding Liverpool was the aim: All aboard the world's ONLY moving aqueduct  

Barton Aqueduct where heavy metal shifts H₂O

Geek's Guide to Britain There are several fine examples of Victorian engineering still working in Blighty. Tower Bridge in London is one of my personal favourites. I was surprised to discover that another was on my doorstep. Well, 4.34km (2.7 miles) from my doorstep to be more accurate.…

 
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Writing Data Onto Single Atoms, Scientists Store The Longest Text Yet  

With atomic memory technology, little patterns of atoms can be arranged to represent English characters, fitting the content of more than a billion books onto the surface of a stamp.

 
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Jacques Piccard Scientist of the Day Jacques Piccard, a Swiss...  

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Jacques Piccard Scientist of the Day

Jacques Piccard, a Swiss engineer and oceanographer, was born July 28, 1922.  

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Trump Now Blames Scientists For Global Warming 'Hoax'  
Donald Trump offered a new explanation this week on why he believes climate change is a hoax. Past explanations have included blaming China for making up climate change for their benefit. But that was before being nominated for President. So what's his position today?

Speaking with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News, Trump gave an updated account of why he thinks global warming is a hoax.

O'REILLY: Did you ever call climate change a hoax?

TRUMP: Well, I might have because when I look at some of the things that are going on, in fact if you look at Europe where they had their big summit a couple of years ago, where people were sending out emails, scientists practically calling it a hoax and they were laughing at it. So, yeah, I probably did. I see what's going on and you see what's going on.

The Discredited ClimateGate Conspiracy Theory

Trump appears to be referring here to the illegal hacking of scientists' emails in 2009, which climate skeptics gleefully dubbed "ClimateGate." These conspiracy theories have been thoroughly debunked (see for example FactCheck.org , Union of Concerned Scientists, and Politifact). After the emails were released, every investigative report -- from the National Science Foundation Inspector General, NOAA's Inspector General, Penn State University, University of East Anglica, and the UK Parliament -- reached the same conclusion: nothing in the emails in any way altered the overwhelming scientific evidence that the world is warming due to increased levels of pollution.

Illegal Hacking Timed to Disrupt Climate Talks

Despite the thorough debunking of these attacks on scientists, the conspiracy theories gained traction in the media and, as Trump demonstrates, remain a convenient go-to point for skeptics today. The hacked emails were mysteriously dumped in 2009 on a server in Russia at an optimally timed moment as President Obama and world leaders were preparing to head to Copenhagen forge a new global climate agreement. The scientific community was instantly judged guilty in kangaroo courts led by Fox News and other media outlets who chased the story before investigating the facts. Fox News' Sean Hannity helped lead the charge, declaring:

HANNITY (2009): "it is safe to say that ClimateGate has revealed that global warming and that movement is run by hacks and frauds."

Fast forward to 2016

Today, NASA says there is a 99 percent chance that 2016 will be the hottest year on record, following the previous record set just last year. Three-quarters of Americans understand that the world is warming, which is creating a tough challenge for thoughtful Republicans who are caught between voters and a nominee who denies the problem.

Given his past statements, nobody should be surprised that Trump is dismissive of climate change. But endorsing the ClimateGate conspiracy theory years after it has been discredited should be alarming not only for the scientists he is ridiculing, but also for anyone who wants to make sure we leave a healthy planet for future generations.

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r0B0t: This Giant Brick-Laying Robot Can Build An Entire House In Just Two Days  

Robots are great aren't they. When they're not making cocktails on cruise ships they're picking up boxes or (trying) to save lives.

Well now you can add another skill to their repertoire as this rather astonishing robot can build an entire house, and it can do it in just two days.

Meet Hadrian X - a lorry-mounted robot that with clinical precision can lay all the bricks needed to build a house in a fraction of the time it would take us puny humans to do it.

Hadrian was created by an Australian firm, Hadrian X uses advanced 3D mapping and a laser guidance system to make sure that each brick is perfectly laid on top of the other.

Of course the real benefit of Hadrian X isn't the precision it's the fact that it can work solidly, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Capable of laying a 1000 bricks per hour and cutting each individual brick to size, Fastbrick Robotics believes that their new robot could revolutionise the construction industry.

Instead of traditional cement, Hadrian X uses a special construction glue.

‘By utilising a construction adhesive rather that traditional mortar, the Hadrian X will maximise the speed of the build and strength and thermal effeciency of the final structure,' explains the company.

 
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