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Journals Environment Newsletter for 2026-07-11 ( 12 items )  
American Economic Liberties Project Senior Legal Fellow Van Dyck Testifies Before House Education & Workforce Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Katherine Van Dyck, senior legal fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Field of Fees: Private Equity's Role in the Commercialization of American Youth Sports": * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for the opportunity to return to this Subcommittee. My name is Katherine Van more PR

Bringing Light to Broadway (10)
CEDARVILLE, Ohio, July 10 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Bringing Light to Broadway * by Rich Stratton, Assistant Director of Public Relations When Dani Lee Hutch crossed the commencement stage at Cedarville University in 2016 with a degree in music, Broadway seemed a long way from southwest Ohio, but God had already begun writing a story that would carry her from classrooms and chapel services to some of the most celebrated productions in American musical theatre. How Cedarville University Prepared Dani Lee H more PR

Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary on How AI Replaces Cheap Hacker Labor With Massive Machine Scale (10)
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 8, 2026, by James Lewis, distinguished fellow at Tech Policy Program: * * * The Myths of Mythos Mythos could lower the cost of cyber-attacks. But it doesn't pose an existential threat. - Governments, financial institutions, companies, and citizens have all raised concerns over the ability of Anthropic's Mythos -- and its younger sibling, Fable-- to identify vulnerabilities, chain them, and write code to exploit them. Some of this is the re more PR

Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: Poland and Ukraine Enter a Danger Zone (10)
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 10, 2026, by Maciej Bukowski, fellow with the Tech Policy Program: * * * Poland and Ukraine Enter a Danger Zone The past is very much alive in Eastern and Central Europe. Politicians must take care, or the consequences could be grim. - A truce is nigh. That, in a nutshell, captured the mood behind the pitch of the consultants, financiers, contractors, and political expediters who flocked to Gdansk for the 2026 Ukraine Recovery Conference  more PR

Colorectal cancer's rise in adults under 50: What you should know (10)
STANFORD, California, July 9 -- Stanford University School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Colorectal cancer's rise in adults under 50: What you should know * Colorectal cancer has long been considered a disease of older adults. Your risk of developing a tumor in your lower digestive tract increases with age, so for decades, doctors didn't recommend regular screening until age 50. But something is changing: The rates of colorectal cancer in younger adults, in their 30s and 40s, have been rising steadily. Today, colorectal c more PR

Contact-free sensors could help track movement symptoms in Parkinson's (10)
GUILFORD, England, July 10 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * Contact-free sensors could help track movement symptoms in Parkinson's * Disease progression in those with Parkinson's disease can accurately be monitored with the use of sensors, removing some of the limitations of wearable technologies, a new study reports. Credit: Getty: RealPeopleGroup During this study, scientists from the UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI) Care Research & Technology Centre, of which the University of Surrey is a key more PR

ICYMI: Virginia Rises to #3 in CNBC'S "America's Top States for Business" Rankings (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, July 10 -- Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Virginia Rises to #3 in CNBC'S "America's Top States for Business" Rankings Governor Spanberger yesterday highlighted Virginia's rise to #3 in CNBC's "America's Top States for Business" rankings -and pledged to continue her bipartisan focus on attracting new investment, lowering costs for families and businesses, and building a stronger, more resilient economy in the face of economic uncertainty out of Washington. In its annua more PR

NUS confers Honorary Degrees on Ms Kay Kuok Oon Kwong and Professor Lim Pin (10)
SINGAPORE, July 11 -- The National University of Singapore issued the following news release: * * * NUS confers Honorary Degrees on Ms Kay Kuok Oon Kwong and Professor Lim Pin The University also celebrates the accomplishments of 17,953 graduates from the NUS Class of 2026 - The National University of Singapore (NUS) today conferred honorary degrees on two outstanding leaders: Ms Kay Kuok Oon Kwong, Director of Shangri-La Hotel Limited, Singapore; and Professor Lim Pin, University Professor at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The  more PR

Taking ethnic studies courses increases academic performance (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 10 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Taking ethnic studies courses increases academic performance * Ethnic studies is a culturally relevant curriculum designed to address the instructional needs of an increasingly diverse student population. However, evidence regarding the effectiveness of this curriculum at scale remains limited. Now, in a recent large-scale study, a team of researchers including Sade Bonilla, an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education, has more PR

Ten organisations carried out half of all animal research in Great Britain in 2025 (10)
GLASGOW, Scotland, July 9 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * Ten organisations carried out half of all animal research in Great Britain in 2025 * Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the 10 organisations that carried out the highest number of animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research - in Great Britain in 2025. These statistics are freely available on the organisations' websites as part of their ongoing commitment to transparency and openness around the more PR

University of California-San Diego: Report Outlines Potential to Predict Coastal Cliff Collapses (10)
LA JOLLA, California, July 11 (TNSrpt) -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * New Report Outlines Potential to Predict Coastal Cliff Collapses Key Takeaways * Following a four-year study of San Diego County coastal cliffs, Scripps Oceanography scientists found that a network of in-ground sensors can provide a reliable warning of impending, dangerous landslides with hours to days notice. * These promising findings could be used by emergency response authorities to create an actionable warning sys more PR

University of Manchester: Ten Organizations Carried Out Half of All Animal Research in Great Britain in 2025 (10)
MANCHESTER, England, July 10 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Ten organisations carried out half of all animal research in Great Britain in 2025 * 99% of procedures carried out in mice, fish, rats, and birds * 82% of procedures caused pain equivalent to, or less than, an injection * 69 research institutions and funders have proactively shared their 2025 animal research statistics - Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the ten organisations, which includes the University of Ma more PR