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Around Campus In the News·Feb 26, 2025

Doomsday Clock is closest its ever been to human extinction, but University of Chicago scientists remain optimistic

via CBS News
Last month, the "Doomsday Clock" was moved up to 89 seconds, the closest the world has ever been to total annihilation. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, based at the University of Chicago, uses the clock as a metaphor to show how...
Around Campus In the News·Feb 9, 2025

Environmental advocates cheer changes to EC waste processor’s state permit

via NWI Times
The coalition of environmental advocacy groups, including the University of Chicago’s Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, that has been urging the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to place stricter requirements on an East Chicago waste processor lauded the agency for changes...
Around Campus In the News·Feb 5, 2025

Can geoengineering plans save glaciers and slow sea level rise?

via ScienceNews
In a quest to slow down sea level rise, a few researchers are sketching out massive glacial engineering projects. The “key benefit of glacial geoengineering is that you can do this in a very limited geographic area and get big...
Around Campus In the News·Nov 13, 2024

Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?

Environmental law attorney Mark Templeton says his students provide ample reasons to be optimistic about the legal system’s ability to take on the challenges the future will present.
Around Campus In the News·Sep 10, 2024

East Chicago hazardous waste facility with frequent violations expands, then asks for permission

via NPR
UChicago Law's Mark Templeton says Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, LLC has had hundreds of permit violations.
Around Campus In the News·Aug 12, 2024

Earth’s biggest iceberg is caught in a spin cycle

via The Washington Post
The nearly four-decade-old hunk of frozen freshwater is still surprising scientists as it meanders through the ocean.
Around Campus In the News·Aug 12, 2024

High-tech clothing can help protect workers from the heat—but not from their bosses

via Fast Company
As the planet gets hotter and hotter, special clothes can help those who work outside in extreme temperatures. But those workers also need government protections.
Around Campus In the News·Jan 23, 2024

Doomsday Clock says we’re the closest we’ve been to apocalypse. We need to move faster.

via USA Today
"We see this as a moment of acute danger. But as experts who spend our lives on these issues, we also see hope," write Rachel Bronson and Daniel Holz.
Around Campus In the News·Oct 28, 2023

EcoEDA Integrates Your Junk Bin Into Your Designs

via Hackaday
Hackaday highlights ecoEDA, a waste-reducing project developed in part by Institute Faculty Affiliate Pedro Lopes.
Around Campus In the News·Oct 3, 2022

Advocates Say Cleanup of Coal Ash at Northwest Indiana Power Plant Leaves Regional Water Supply at Risk

via wwtw
UChicago Law's Mark Templeton talks with wttw about coal ash cleanup as advocates go against a local utility.