Embedding consideration of environmental justice into governmental programs is a major policy initiative of the Biden administration, developed in response to a long-standing concern for how environmental impacts may disproportionally affect disadvantaged communities. Natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) methods for estimating natural resource damages are not able to address this issue—until now. Integral managing principal Ted Tomasi, Ph.D., has published two white papers that discuss new methods that allow environmental justice in NRDA.
Congratulations to University of Washington (UW) graduate student Rachel Fricke, recipient of the 2021 Integral Environmental Big Data Research Fund! Her project is titled “Emerging Technologies to Assess Human Benefits from and Risks to Water Resources.”
New research findings on sediment transport are published in the open access journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters. Integral coauthors are Grace Chang, Ph.D., Samuel McWilliams, E.I.T., Craig Jones, Ph.D., and Frank Spada. The article, “Seasonal particle...
Are you interested in Florida’s coastal resources? Then check out the Florida Coastal Mapping Program’s (FCMaP) online summit on December 7, 2021! This free event will feature discussions on coastal mapping updates, priorities, technology specs and standards, and information about the newly funded Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative. The summit will include presentations from federal, state, and academic partners. Integral Senior Consultant Cheryl Hapke, Ph.D., is a cofounder of FCMaP and has served as its coordinator, and now chair, since 2018.
Integral scientist Katherine Heal, Ph.D., contributes her insights and research on arsenic to the article “Bacteria incorporate arsenic into lipids” in the November 8, 2021, issue of Chemical & Engineering News. The article features results of a study Dr. Heal...
Integral scientists Christina Ross and Paul DeLeo, Ph.D., are coauthors of an article titled “Benzene in Sunscreens & Sun Care Products,” published in the November issue of the trade magazine Happi. In light of recent media coverage on low levels of benzene detected in several sunscreen products, the article examines dermal exposure to benzene from topically applied consumer products.
