Estimates Show Potential For E-retail Taxes In Oklahoma

A new study estimated there is enough lithium in Pennsylvania’s wastewater to meet up to 40% of domestic needs. But experts are concerned the discovery will be used to justify more fracking. In 2007, a geoscientist at Penn State named Terry Engelder calculated that Pennsylvania could be sitting on more than 50 trillion cubic feet of accessible natural gas deposits.

Policymakers can change how they talk about, think about, and act on the climate so that it lasts regardless of the political tides. There’s fear in the climate community that November’s presidential elections could upend all the work that President Joe Biden’s administration has done on clean energy and environmental justice.

Avocados are among the most-regulated exports from Mexico today. However, the rules do little to address the industry’s environmental impacts. U. S. consumers’ love for avocados seems to know no bounds. From 2001 through 2020, consumption of this fruit laden with healthy fats tripled nationwide, rising to more than 8 pounds per person yearly.

In the weeks since Google announced AI Overview, users have been on a hunt to find the wildest responses. If you ask your parents, running with scissors and opting not to use a parachute when jumping out of a plane are pretty poor safety choices. However, if you ask Google’s AI Overview, which uses machine learning to create answers to queries that sit at the top of the search results page, both decisions are totally reasonable and are, in fact, even encouraged.

New research found that plain-colored plastic degrades far more slowly than colored. Any plastic packaging will eventually turn into microplastics if it’s left outside. But bright red, green, or blue plastic turns into pollution much faster than the colors white, black, and silver.

This ad agency exec used to hate the waterworks but now embraces her emotions, which she says have strengthened her relations with employees and clients. I’ve always been a crier—when I’m sad, when I’m happy, when I’m frustrated: tears. So, you can imagine my struggle as I entered corporate America. Waterworks and vulnerability aren’t exactly welcomed in the workforce.