NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Centre for Science and Environment issued the following news release: * * * * Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) an important and critical tool in India's fight against the plastic waste problem, and the EPR guidelines are a significant step taken by the government * New research by CSE identifies loopholes in the implementation of the EPR system for plastic packaging; government's own pollution regulatory bodies (CPCB etc) find evidence of fraud  more PR

NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Centre for Science and Environment issued the following news release: * * * CSE's pre-winter pre-Diwali analysis says it is due to local pollution sources, with pollution from vehicles at the lead * Average contribution of farm fires to Delhi's PM2.5 level is at about 4.44 per cent -- yet Delhi's air quality has turned from 'poor' to 'very poor' * Local air pollution sources to blame -- vehicles estimated to have contributed more than half of the da more PR

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Oct. 31 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following At The Lab podcast (Season 1 Research Rewind: AI+): How do we interpret what AI tells us without knowing the logic of its own interpretations? How do we make artificial intelligence more efficient and reliable without fully understanding biological intelligence's efficiency and reliability problems? This season's final Research Rewind brings us from the realm of quantitative biology to neuroscience,  more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 31 -- The Australian Academy of Science issued the following news release: When the Pacific Academy of Sciences was launched in Apia, Samoa on 23 October, an important part of the ceremony was the admission of the Academy's 12 Foundation Fellows. Each Fellow signed their name in a hand-crafted signature book--a gift from the Australian Academy of Science and the Royal Society Te Aparangi--to continue a long-held tradition among learned academies across the globe. As  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Groups Request EPA use Safe Drinking Water Emergency Powers to Protect MN, WI, IA, WA, and OR Communities from Further Harm * * * Today, a group of environmental and community organizations from across the United States penned a joint letter to the EPA, asking the agency to use its emergency powers to intervene in the drinking water crises their communities face. Food & Water Watch Sta more PR

YORK, England, Oct. 31 -- The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine issued the following agency statement: * * * IPEM Welcomes Budget Boost for Healthcare Equipment but Waits for Detail * * * The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) has welcomed the increased investment in significant pieces of equipment like scanners and radiotherapy machines announced in the budget. However, it has warned that there is still an urgent need to invest in the highly trained and  more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Royal Astronomical Society issued the following news: The first Budget of the new government has been welcomed as a "positive step" for science by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The Society, along with much of the science sector, had been concerned about rumoured real-term cuts to the science budget (https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/ras-warns-against-haemorrhaging-young-rd-talent), particularly to the allocations for fundamental research. T more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 31 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Kavli Foundation have made awards to six cross-disciplinary teams of early career researchers in the first year of Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials, a three-year initiative that aims to spark advances in the mining, design, manufacture, and disposal of materials needed to achieve a more susta more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 31 -- The Royal Astronomical Society issued the following news: The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has officially signed a 999-year lease on its London headquarters, having agreed a deal with the Government earlier this year to transfer the building's ownership. RAS President Mike Lockwood and Geophysics Secretary James Hammond put their signatures to a series of legal documents to complete the handover. These were also stamped with the Society's seal using a press dat more PR