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Baltimore Sun
Investigators plan to exhume the body of ‘The Keepers’ subject Joyce Malecki
Disinterment laws vary from state to state. In Maryland, elected prosecutors call the shots. The laws for disinterring human remains from a gravesite are different in each state, but all follow the standard that the dead have a right “to remain in the place they’re buried,” said law professor Tanya Marsh.
December 8, 2023
South Africa Today
Peru’s crackdown on illegal gold mining a success, but only briefly, study shows
Mining ponds typically show up as yellow to brown; this color is associated with high levels of suspended sediment in the water — a marker for gold mining activity, said the study’s coauthor Luis E. Fernández, executive director of Wake Forest University’s Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation, based in Madre de Dios. “We use the color changes in the mining ponds as a proxy for [mining] activity. As mining ceases and ponds are abandoned, the sediment settles, and the degree of yellowness diminishes — a pattern the researchers found in the raided areas following Operation Mercury. Conversely, when it turns back to a cappuccino color, we know it’s being mined again,” Fernández added.
December 8, 2023
Reckon
In this Q&A, Stan Meiburg talks with Reckon about the EPA’s enforcement of its rules. Meiburg was acting deputy administrator for the EPA between 2014 to 2017, capping a 39-year career with the agency. He is currently the executive director of the Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
December 7, 2023
Booming Encore
Managing anticipation over the holidays
The accumulation of these mini-thrills means you’ll still reap the benefits of looking forward to something, even if it’s not a big-ticket reward, said Christian E. Waugh, a psychology professor at Wake Forest University who studies anticipation. “Plus, with the nearer stuff, there’s more of a sense it’s going to happen for sure,” he said. “You’ve got more control over a small gathering this evening than a vacation in six months.”
December 7, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
Manning opts not to run for re-election in US Sixth District under new Republican-drawn maps
The passage of the controversial Republican-drawn congressional map for North Carolina has led Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning to decide not to run for re-election in the Sixth District. The redrawn Sixth makes it “highly unlikely that a Democratic candidate could be competitive,’ said politics professor John Dinan. “So, it is not surprising that Manning isn’t going to run for reelection.
December 7, 2023
WHQR-FM (Wilmington, NC)
Why environmental reporting doesn’t always have two equal sides
Enviva company officials assured critics that wood pellets are mostly made of waste: treetops, limbs, even sawdust. Not true, according to reporting from environmental journalist and professor Justin Catanoso, who also says the science shows wood pellet burning contributes more to the climate crisis than burning coal. After covering climate change-related issues for more than a decade, Catanoso has been chipping away at other Enviva company assertions, including the notion that Enviva only buys wood from areas that will be re-planted.
December 5, 2023
The New York Times
Former coal towns get money for clean-energy factories
Less than a quarter of a percent of workers who left a fossil fuel job in West Virginia moved onto a job in renewable energy, said economics professor Mark Curtis. Fossil fuel workers without a college degree were significantly less likely to find clean energy jobs. “In places like Texas or in the middle of the country where there’s a lot of solar and wind, fossil fuel communities are relatively well positioned to take advantage of renewables. Coal communities generally don’t have that, especially when you think about Appalachia,” Curtis said.
December 5, 2023
Let’s Go Michigan!
How many times do people lie in a day?
Philosophy professor Christian Miller talks about his research that looks at in what circumstances people are liable to let loose a lie.
December 5, 2023
Key Reporter
Product and process with Mark Vail
In this piece, Worrell Chair of Politics and International Affairs Mark Vail shares about teaching and learning. “Students will sometimes ask me, ‘What do you want us to learn in your class?’” Vail said. “I don’t know yet!” “The Latin root of ‘education’ means to draw out. My job is to expose you to different kinds of ideas and perspectives. To introduce you to the process of intellectual self-discovery in a way that you might not come to on your own. To teach you to look at the world in a new way.”
December 1, 2023
Archaeology Magazine
When you were a child each toy and how you played with it communicated something about you, your family, and the society you grew up in. This is not a new phenomenon. Anthropological archaeologist Jessica MacLellan said such objects “influenced the relationships between children and adults and shaped ideals that children looked up to as they grew. The Classic Maya made ceramic figurine whistles, and the figurine whistles made the Classic Maya.”
December 1, 2023
The New York Times
Electric vehicle push returns North Carolina to its lithium mining roots
Local officials may ultimately be loath to turn away thousands of new and well-paying jobs. “My sense is that the potential benefits from this are going to be large enough that any of these political considerations will take a back seat,” said economic professor Mark Curtis.
November 30, 2023
The Conversation
As plastic production grows, treaty negotiations to reduce plastic waste are stuck in low gear
“Plastic pollution has spread to Earth’s farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To curb this problem, U.N. member countries are negotiating a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which they aim to complete by the end of 2024. Although the negotiations are behind schedule, many nations agree that a binding treaty on plastic pollution is critical to solving the plastic pollution problem,” writes law professor Sarah Morath.
November 30, 2023