Our Screens: Food Ads, Tobacco & the Eternal Quest to Blame

Food ads for kids and on-screen exposure to tobacco for adults are still a thing. Two studies suggest that the little ones are bombarded with junk food commercials, and adults are stumbling over tobacco promotions in the dark corners of streaming platforms. Maybe...

DHS Announces Seal-A-Smile to Return for 25th Year

DHS Announces Seal-A-Smile to Return for 25th Year As the 2024-2025 school year gets underway, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is marking the 25th year of its successful Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile program, which brings preventive dental services to...

Illinois increases investments in climate smart agriculture practices

Read the full story from the Illinois Department of Agriculture. The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) in partnership with Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) announced an $111 million investment in the ag sector through a U.S. EPA (USEPA) Climate...

Food Ads, Tobacco, and the Eternal Quest to Blame – Our Screens

Food ads for kids and on-screen exposure to tobacco for adults are still a thing. Two studies suggest that the little ones are bombarded with junk food commercials, and adults are stumbling over tobacco promotions in the dark corners of streaming platforms. Maybe...

World Energy Investment 2024

Download the report. This year’s edition of the World Energy Investment provides a full update on the investment picture in 2023 and an initial reading of the emerging picture for 2024. The report provides a global benchmark for tracking capital flows in the energy...

Podcast: Helping Chronic Pain Patients Die — Ethical or Insane?

America’s anti-opioid crusade routinely denies chronically ill patients access to adequate pain control, relegating them to an agonizing existence. Many of these individuals would rather die than withstand the anguish, and some advocates of physician-assisted...

How Medical Debt Turns Illness into a Financial Curse

We live in a country where becoming ill might as well come with a foreclosure notice. Despite insurance, many of us are saddled with medical debt, and “land of the free” doesn’t quite describe a bill that’ll outlive you.

Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy – new research

by Michael Heithaus, Florida International University There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow to over 35 feet long. They’re found from polar waters to the equator, at the...

Elephants on the move: Mapping connections across African landscapes

Read the full story from the University of Illinois. Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained...

AgriSolar Clearinghouse

The AgriSolar Clearinghouse connects businesses, land managers, and researchers with trusted resources to support the growth of co-located solar and sustainable agriculture. The site includes webinars and tutorials; publications; short films and videos; a case study...

Searching for the ‘Holy Grail’ of Diets

The never-ending quest for the ultimate diet: satisfying, healthy, and tasty! With half the population opting for no diet, and the other half following a smorgasbord of contradictory rules, it’s a wonder that anyone knows what to eat anymore. But as long as Dr....

Circular economy value chains for decommisioned wind turbine blades

Download the dissertation. Wind turbine blades are large, complex products made from a mix of materials but consist mainly of glass fiber composite materials that are difficult to reuse or recycle in a circular economy. For these reasons, the blades reaching their end...

Smucker, ADM partner on regenerative ag peanut program

Read the full story at Food Business News. Golden Peanut, LLC, a peanut processing subsidiary of ADM that is based in Alpharetta, Ga., will collaborate with the J.M. Smucker Co. and the National Black Growers Council to support the adoption of regenerative agriculture...

AI could halt energy use growth in US buildings: LBNL study

Read the full story at Utility Dive. Artificial intelligence could reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in the building sector by approximately 8% by 2050, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in July by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National...

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