It’s official. New York state will ban fracking. After years of lobbying and aggressive public protest by state residents to make permanent a short-term moratorium on the controversial oil and gas drilling practice, Gov. Andrew Cuomo cited harm to public health as the key reason for the decision to announce an all-out ban. “The potential…
Anyone that has spent an extended amount of time in Michiana would agree that the weather around here is unpredictable. It could be 60 degrees one day and in the teens with a foot of snow the next. That’s just life in the Midwest where frontal boundaries collide with unusual force and severity. South Bend…
The first trailer for the upcoming Jurassic World was released this morning. The Universal film will be released on June 12, 2015 starring Chris Pratt, who is best known for his role in Guardians of the Galaxy and NBC’s sitcom Parks and Recreation. Watch below: ———— Follow South Bend Voice on Facebook and Twitter.
NASA has released a video of a computer model showing carbon dioxide traveling in the atmosphere across the globe. “Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation swirl and shift as winds disperse the greenhouse gas away from its sources,” NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center writes. “The simulation also illustrates differences in carbon dioxide levels in…
As the U.S. Senate readies for a vote on legislation designed to constrain some of the troubling aspects of domestic surveillance and the national security state, both advocacy groups and private industry are weighing in on the measure. A coalition of big-name technology and Internet companies — including Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and Dropbox — is…
It is not very often that every leading character in a Hollywood blockbuster is a scientist. Scientists are typically portrayed derisively wearing white lab coats and thick glasses. They may even have a devious plot or ignorantly enable a villainous mastermind to bring about a global catastrophe. Scientists are the heroes in Interstellar. Earth is…
You probably have never heard of the Office of Sustainability. Situated in a nondescript office building on the former highly industrial Sample Street — tucked away in a corner of the city’s Public Works division — the Office of Sustainability looks to assist in South Bend’s rebirth as a place where people can live, work…
After months of secret negotiations, a surprise joint announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jingping revealed the world’s two largest contributors to global warming have made a non-binding agreement to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over the next fifteen years and stated their hope that such pledges will spur other nations…
We have long had a debate in the United States about the proper balance of government regulation. Some of these debates are legitimate concerns about government overreach; others have been perpetuated in the private sector to advance narrow economic interests, often at the expense of the general public. Right now, we are having a debate…
South Bend’s Office of Sustainability is looking for your input. The office that is tasked with helping the city to become a more sustainable place is asking city residents to complete a survey to help them determine the city’s issues and opportunities. You can also offer your ideas and priorities for city government. “Your opinions…
