![]() ![]() Controversy about Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine has churned for decades. ![]() Trump Administration Says Massive Alaska Gold Mine Won’t Cause Major Environmental Harm, Reversing Obama. As Black Lives Matter protests renounce state-sanctioned violence and anti-Black racism, it is important to look at the ties between environmental and racial justice. These companies have also been accused of producing toxic pollution that disproportionately hurts communities of color. The police foundations support local policing groups with “training, weapons, equipment, and surveillance technology” and face less oversight than publicly funded organizations. In an investigation by the Public Accountability Initiative, researchers found that big oil and gas companies like Chevron and Shell are funding private police foundations in U.S. Revealed: Oil Giants Help Fund Powerful Police Groups in Top U.S. My wildlife encounters include moths, spiders, roadrunners, cats and dogs, and *shudder* ladybugs. Just a fun thread of the various critters your everyday astronomer might encounter while studying the universe. “Nowhere” sometimes gives us some interesting observing companions… /sw6pakhLAz They also work best when we maroon them in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE Observatories are spectacular and meticulously-engineered hubs of scientific research. Of particular note, data collected during the pandemic could help scientists distinguish human-caused tremors from natural ones, and seismic monitoring could also be used to monitor human activity during this pandemic and in the future. But who would have thought that a decrease in human activity would register on seismometers around the world? Well, every seismologist and a lot of other scientists, I’m sure, but it hadn’t occurred to me. The Seismic Hush of the Coronavirus. By now we’ve all seen photos of eerily empty streets and public spaces during regional shutdowns, and earlier this year the media covered the pandemic’s effect on air quality.
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