Environment

Udall On Vote For Dourson To Lead EPA’s Toxics Bureau

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 30, 2017
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, co-author of the landmark Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, released this statement following the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee’s recent party-line vote to advance Dr. Michael Dourson’s nomination to serve as assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 
 
“Today’s party-line vote in the EPW Committee is dangerous for public health and safety.
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Daily Postcard: Bosque Del Apache

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 29, 2017

Daily Postcard: Although a couple of weeks early for the Festival of Cranes at Bosque del Apache, a Saturday morning visit still reaped a number of breathtaking views. The sunrises, the birds and the habitat are just great … another wonderful New Mexico landmark that is well worth the visit. This year’s Festival of Cranes is scheduled for Nov. 14-19. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs

Scene Saturday at Bosque del Apache. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs

Scene Saturday at Bosque del Apache. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs

Scene Saturday at Bosque del Apache. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs

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Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Tours San Ildefonso Sacred Area Above Chromium Plume

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 28, 2017

San Ildefonso Gov. James Mountain hosted members of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Board Thursday at San Ildefonso Pueblo. From left, RCLC Executive Director Andrea Romero, Gov. Mountain, Espanola Mayor Alice Lucero, Los Alamos County Councilor Chris Chandler and RCLC Communications and Administrative Manager Scarlet Rendleman. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Members of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Board and staff were guests Thursday at San Ildefonso Pueblo where they visited the Pueblo Sacred Area below Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More

Public Invited To Sculpture Unveiling Nov. 5

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 28, 2017
Valentino Tzigiwhaeno Rivera performing a hoop dance. Photo by Robert Mesa
Valentino Tzigiwhaeno Rivera jumping over his hoop world. Photo by George Rivera

 

 
MIAC News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture invites the public to a commemorative sculpture unveiling and celebration of life – honoring the late Valentino Tzigiwhaeno Rivera of Pojoaque Pueblo, 2008 – 2016.
 
The unveiling and celebration is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture at 710 Camino
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Interior Department Releases Energy Burdens Report

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 28, 2017
DOI News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Wednesday, the U.S. Department of the Interior released the “Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy” report, which was produced in response to Executive Order 13783.
 
The report identified agency actions that potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources, with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy resources. Interior oversees America’s oil, gas, coal, hydropower, and renewable energy resources
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Daily Postcard: Dewy Spider Web

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 28, 2017

Daily Postcard: Morning dew clings to this spider web constructed beneath a roof-top deck in Los Alamos. Photo by Douglas Reilly Read More

Environmental Education Association Of New Mexico Wins Environmental Education Award

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 27, 2017
EEANM News:
 
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Environmental Education Association of New Mexico (EEANM), New Mexico’s professional association for the state’s environmental educators, was recently recognized by the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) for leadership in the environmental education field.
 
EEANM was honored with the Outstanding NAAEE Affiliate Organization Award for their progress and development over the past year.
 
In 2016, EEANM led collaborative and engaging community environmental education initiatives. The organization
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Care2 Petition Demands NPS Scrap Proposal To Charge $70 Entrance Fee For 17 National Parks

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 27, 2017
CARE2 News:
 
A new Care2 petition is demanding the The National Park Service stop its proposal to more than double the entrance fees at 17 national parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone. It has gathered 7,000 signatures.
 
VIEW THE CARE2 PETITION HERE: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/254/666/488/
 
“This new proposal will make it even more difficult for all of us to visit and enjoy our public lands — and will especially prohibit lower-income Americans from visiting the public lands that their tax dollars help maintain,” the Care2 petition
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Seven Los Alamos Scientists Honored As APS Fellows

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017

The seven scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory named this year as Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS) are, clockwise from upper right, Vivien Zapf, Stuart A. Trugman, Laura Beth Smilowitz, John W. Lewellen, Christopher J. Fontes, Han Htoon and Toshihiko Kawano. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Fontes, Htoon, Kawano, Lewellen, Smilowitz, Trugman and Zapf noted for career accomplishments

Seven scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory were tapped this year as new Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), a significant honor for the Laboratory and its people. The honorees Read More

LWV Forum On Spent Nuclear Fuel Nov. 2

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017
 
LWV News:
 
The League of Women Voters of Los Alamos will present the forum, “Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposal from Power Reactors” 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2, in the Jeannette Wallace Room, Building 5 at UNM-LA.
 
Despite the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 that was to have managed the disposal of high-level nuclear waste through safe, permanent disposal, the high-level waste produced by power plants is still not stored in a permanent location. Instead it is currently located in 78 separate installations across the country. The League of Women Voters of New Mexico
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New Mexico Adopts Unaltered Science Standards For Climate Education

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017

SIERRA CLUB News:

 

The organization, Climate Parents, issued the following statement on the decision by the New Mexico Public Education Department to adopt unaltered Next Generation Science Standards, climate change education:

 

“This is a great victory for New Mexico students and science education, and shows the power of people taking action together for our kids,” said John Friedrich, Climate Parents’ Online Campaign Manager. “All New Mexico students can now look forward to receiving a world-class science education that includes learning accurate information about human-caused Read More

Heinrich Calls On Secretary Perry To Withdraw Proposal To Force Consumers To Subsidize Uncompetitive Coal And Nuclear Companies

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an op-ed today, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) called on Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry to withdraw a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) directing federal regulators at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create rules that would favor coal and nuclear plants that are no longer the most cost-effective producers of energy.

“If FERC were to adopt Secretary Perry’s proposed rule, or anything even remotely similar, it would unravel wholesale energy markets Read More

Scenes From Valles Caldera Prescribed Burn

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017

View of the prescribed burn Wednesday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

View of prescribed burn near Las Conchas. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Unavailable For Two Days In November

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017
BLM News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable for two days in November.
 
The Monument is unavailable for public visitation Nov. 1 at the request of the Cochiti Pueblo, which manages the Monument in cooperation with the BLM. The Monument also will be unavailable Nov. 23 in observance of Thanksgiving.
 
For more information, contact Monument Manager Jamie Garcia at 505.761.8787.
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Daily Postcard: View Of Prescribed Burn

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 26, 2017

Daily Postcard: View of a prescribed burn Wednesday afternoon looking west from I-25 toward the Jemez. The prescribed burn began Wednesday on an approximately 2,330-acre project area in the Banco Bonito district of the Valles Caldera National Preserve – north of N.M. 4 near mile marker 30. The burn operations will be completed within a 3-10 day period. Photo by James Chrobocinski Read More

Conservation Voters NM Releases 2017 Scorecard

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 25, 2017
CVNM News:
 
SANTA FE ― Today, Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) released its statewide Conservation Scorecard for the 2017 legislative session.
 
In the Scorecard, CVNM reports the votes cast on the most critical issues affecting our air, land, water, health and communities during the 2017 regular legislative session.
 
The average conservation score earned in the Senate in the 2017 Scorecard is 68 percent. The average conservation score earned in the House of Representatives in the 2017 Scorecard is 67 percent. An improvement
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AGU: Scientists Use Seismic Waves When Touched Down To Measure Tornado Intensity

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 25, 2017
Tornado with dust and debris cloud forming at surface. Photo by NOAA Photo Library/Flickr
 
AGU News:
 
Seismic waves generated by tornadoes when they touch down could be used to measure a twister’s intensity, according to a new study.
 
The new research examined a catastrophic tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri in May 2011 and revealed the size of seismic waves produced by the tornado on the ground correlated with its strength.
 
The results suggest researchers can estimate a large tornado’s strength by measuring the seismic waves it creates, a finding that could open
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LAEC: Talk On Case For Modular Nuclear Reactors For Utility Scale Electricity Generation Saturday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 25, 2017

Jack Bailey of NuScale Power

ASME/ASM/IEEE/ANS News:

The Los Alamos Engineering Council (ASME/ASM/IEEE/ANS) Dinner Meeting features a talk by Jack Bailey, vice president Business Development, NuScale Power, on the case for modular nuclear reactors for utility scale electricity generation, Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row.

  • Social Time: 5:30 p.m.
  • Dinner: 6 p.m.
  • Lecture: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Abstract:

NuScale Power was incorporated in 2007 following a reactor concept initiated in 2000 as a collaborative project with Oregon State University, the Idaho National Read More

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