Environment

NWS: Today’s High Near 47, Tonight’s Low Around 34

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 14, 2019

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 47 with a 40 percent chance of scattered showers after 11 a.m. and tonight’s low around 34 with a 90 percent chance of rain before 11 p.m., then rain and snow showers. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Courtesy/NWS Read More

Zero Waste Team: Greenhouse Gas Emissions And The Solutions

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 13, 2019

Image of Greenhouse Effect. Courtesy image

By JULIA YING
Los Alamos

Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan referred to planet Earth as the “Goldilocks Planet” – not too hot like Venus, and not too cold like Mars. How did this “just right” climate happen on Earth, to allow all life as we know it to exist here?

Scientists have understood the greenhouse effect since the 1800s – gases in the atmosphere over Earth trap heat like the glass structure over a greenhouse. Ultraviolet light from the sun is absorbed by Earth and warms it. Some of the infrared heat is re-radiated from the Earth, and is trapped Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 13

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 13, 2019
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports & Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
There were several days recently with strong winds. This time of the year the wind can be a major factor when it comes to fishing lakes that have not frozen over. It pays to check on the weather if you are planning a fishing trip. It can be spring one day and winter the next.
 
More lakes will open to fishing March 1 in Northeast New Mexico. The Charette Lakes, Clayton Lake and Maxwell Lake 13 will open for fishing.
 
Morphy Lake State Park near Mora has been closed for months for repairs on the dam. When this lake reopens for fishing,
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Senate Passes SB47 – Historic Win For Public Lands

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 13, 2019
TRCP News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C — Leading conservation organizations and hunting and fishing groups are celebrating Senate passage of a critical public lands bill, which would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund and support other important conservation programs.
 
43 groups recently called on the Senate to vote on the bipartisan legislation (S.47) that was negotiated by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) last Congress.
 
“Today’s vote sends a strong message that we can find consensus in our support for our public
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Daily Postcard: Bucks Spend Night On Yucca Street

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 11, 2019

Daily Postcard: Four bucks spent Friday night behind a building on Yucca Street. The bucks are fairly well known in the area having been seen traveling together for several years. Photo by Laurie Waters Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Feb. 10

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 10, 2019
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports & Outdoors
Los Alamod Daily Post
 
The weather in February here in the Southwest can vary between periods of spring-like warmth with winter returning at times. The buds on the elm trees in the Espanola Valley are starting to swell and that’s one of the first signs that spring is around the corner.
 
There is usually a warm stretch of weather in February so it is best to call ahead to check on ice conditions. The good news is that several lakes still have good ice fishing conditions and another lake was just opened up for ice fishing.
 
Heron Lake near Tierra Amarilla
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New Mexico Energy Transition Act Seeks To Aid Switch From Coal To Renewables

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 8, 2019
The New Mexico Roundhouse. Courtesy/SFNM
 
By STEVE TERRELL
 
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and several environmentalist groups on Thursday praised legislation aimed at ensuring the shuttering of the coal-burning San Juan Generating Station near Farmington and establishing ambitious targets for pushing New Mexico toward more reliance on renewable energy sources.
 
The bill is intended to soften the financial hit both to the community surrounding the aging power plant and to Public Service Company of New Mexico, the state’s largest
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Talk/Film On Dark Matter This Weekend In Planetarium

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019

Explore the nature of Dark Matter and Dark Energy this weekend at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium. Astrophysicist Galen Gisler discusses the nature of these phenomena at 7 p.m. Friday and the full-dome film ‘Dark Matter Mystery’ will play at 2 p.m. Saturday. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Unearth the mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy this weekend at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium.

Astrophysicist Galen Gisler will give a talk called “The Dark Side of the Universe” at 7 p.m. Friday that will explore these phenomena. The following day, the nature center will show the full-dome Read More

Udall, Haaland Introduce ANTIQUITIES Act To Protect America’s National Monuments From Unlawful Attacks

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 7, 2019

CONGRESSIONAL News:

Bill, co-sponsored by more than 100 members of Congress, reinforces that only Congress can alter national monuments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Repesentatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), led a group of more than 100 Democratic Members of Congress in re-introducing legislation to protect America’s treasured national monuments against the Trump administration’s relentless attacks on public lands. Read More

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