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December 9, 2020

Tradeoffs & Transitions: Exploring Outcomes for U.S. Energy Infrastructure [1]

The Energy Institute at University of Texas at Austin hosts this discussion with Dr. Carey King, Assistant Director of the Energy Institute and Asher Price, reporter for the Austin-American Statesman and 2019 UT Energy Journalism Fellow, on the future of energy infrastructure policy and the prospect for these new measures in the changing landscape of the federal government. Noon-1:00 p.m.

Other Events [2]
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Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Technology [6]

"Singapore Becomes First Country To Approve Lab-Grown Meat" [7]

"Singapore has granted San Francisco start-up Eat Just Inc. regulatory approval to sell its laboratory-grown chicken in the city-state -- the world's first government to allow the sale of cultured meat."

Food [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
International [10]
Source: CNN [11], 12/03/2020
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"Air Monitors Routinely Miss Pollution - Even Refinery Explosions" [12]

Standard methods of monitoring air pollution are missing major pollution incidents.

Air [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [15]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 12/02/2020
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"A Desert City Tries to Save Itself With Rain" [18]

"Tucson, Arizona, is giving residents financial incentives to harvest their rainwater as the desert city works to become carbon neutral by 2030."

Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Source: Bloomberg CityLab [21], 11/24/2020
  • Read more about "A Desert City Tries to Save Itself With Rain" [18]

"China and Japan Race to Dominate Future of High-Speed Rail" [22]

"Japan and China are racing to build a new type of ultra-fast, levitating train, seeking to demonstrate their mastery over a technology with big export potential."

Economy & Business [4]
Technology [6]
Transportation [23]
Public [3]
International [10]
Source: Bloomberg Green [24], 11/24/2020
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"NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise" [25]

"A satellite scheduled to launch from California later this month will measure sea level rise and provide other crucial data to scientists who study how global warming is affecting the Earth's oceans."

Climate Change [26]
Science [15]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [27], 11/20/2020
  • Read more about "NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise" [25]

"Federal Water Rule Expected to Stay Murky Through Biden Term" [28]

"A Biden administration won’t be able to untangle the legal and regulatory “mess” under part of the Clean Water Act that determines which streams, wetlands and other waters get federal protection, legal scholars and litigators say."

Climate Change [26]
Science [15]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [29], 11/20/2020
  • Read more about "Federal Water Rule Expected to Stay Murky Through Biden Term" [28]

"RoboCop Sets Sail" [30]

"A new generation of autonomous vessels is looking to catch illegal fishers in the act."

Fish & Fisheries [31]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Technology [6]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [3]
Canada [32]
Source: Hakai [33], 11/19/2020
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"New Technology Claims to Pinpoint Even Small Methane Leaks From Space" [34]

"Amid growing alarm about methane’s role in driving global warming, a Canadian firm has begun selling a service to detect even relatively small leaks. At least two rivals are on the way."

Air [13]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Technology [6]
Public [3]
International [10]
Source: NYTimes [35], 11/12/2020
  • Read more about "New Technology Claims to Pinpoint Even Small Methane Leaks From Space" [34]

Whale Zone Ahead: A Cetacean Speed Trap Tags Ships Going Over The Limit [36]

"North Atlantic right whales, a critically endangered species with fewer than 366 remaining individuals, face two main threats: fishing gear entanglements and ship strikes."

Technology [6]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [19]
Wildlife [37]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Mongabay [38], 11/11/2020
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