Environmental Sustainability Board Meets Thursday
COUNTY News:
The Environmental Sustainability Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 110 in the Municipal Building at 1000 Central Ave.
Agenda
2. PUBLIC COMMENT This section of the agenda is reserved for comments from the public on items that are not otherwise included in this agenda.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the June 15, 2017 and July 20, 2017, Environmental Sustainability Board Minutes Presenters: John Bliss
5. BOARD BUSINESS
NIST: ‘W’eird Signals: Listening In On The Eclipse
Earth’s ionosphere. Courtesy/NASASupernova Hunters: ‘Get Them Young’
Bright blue dot: Supernovae such as SN 2017cbv appear as “stars that weren’t there before,” which is why multiple images taken over time are necessary to reveal their true identity. SN 2017cbv lies in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy called NGC 5643 that lies about 55 million light-years away and has about the same diameter as the Milky Way (~100,000 light-years). Data are from the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Supernova Project and the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey. Courtesy/B.J. Fulton/Caltech)
UA News:
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See Distant Worlds At Nature Center Aug. 18-19
Courtesy/PEECDaily Postcard: Rainbow Monday In White Rock
Daily Postcard: The view out the back door of a home in White Rock at about 7:30 p.m. Monday. Photo by Steve Stringer Read More
Mountain Bike Director Hired For Purgatory Resort, Pajarito Mountain And Other MCP Resorts!
Hogan KoesisBroad Support For Ten Commandments Monument Reflected In Numerous Briefs At Supreme Court
Alliance Defending Freedom News:Last month, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing
Logan And Blue Beary Bulk Up For Winter
Logan the recently orphaned bear and Blue Beary who broke her elbow when hit by a car in mid July are bulking up nicely ahead of winter. Dr. Kathleen Ramsay and the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation thank the Los Alamos community for its generosity in donating funds to help these bears prepare for release later this year. To contribute, visit www.landofenchantment.org or mail donations to Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, PO Box 957, Santa Cruz, NM, 87567. Photo by James Robinson
Udall To Keynote US Global Leadership Coalition Conference And NM Water Conference
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallAGU: Human-Caused Warming Likely Leads To Recent Streak Of Record-Breaking Temperatures
Rising global temperatures are linked to more extreme weather events, such as heat waves, floods, and droughts. Courtesy/Luis Iranzo Navarro-OlivaresZinke Supports Acceptance Of 3,595 Acres Of Wilderness For Sportsmen’s Access To Sabinoso In New Mexico
Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Low Clouds In Evening Sky
Daily Postcard: Clouds float low in the sky looking toward Los Alamos from Santa Fe. Photo by Scot Rygh Read More
Coalition Of LANL Communities Board Voices Deep Concern Over RFP For Lab Management Contract
Los Alamos County Councilor Chris Chandler chats with Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales prior to the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Board meeting Friday in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
From left, Jack Jekowski, RCLC board members, Taos County Commissioner Mark Gallegos, Taos Councilor Darien Fernandez and Espanola Mayor Alice Lucero. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
The Draft Solicitation for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Site Management and Operating Read More
NMED Releases ‘Boil Water Advisory’ For Vallecitos MDWCA Water System In Rio Arriba County
NMED News:
- Vallecitos’ Customers Urged to Boil Water Prior to Drinking
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Environment Department’s Drinking Water Bureau is announcing a “boil water advisory” for the Vallecitos Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association (MDWCA).
Vallecitos MDWCA was required to issue the advisory Aug. 12, 2017 after bacteriological contamination (E. coli) was detected in repeat drinking water samples from the Vallecitos MDWCA water distribution system. New Mexico Drinking Water Regulations require Vallecitos MDWCA to notify their water system consumers of this finding. Read More
Scientists Discover Cause Of Sea Level Hot Spots
The Indian River Lagoon, where salinity increases helped researchers discover a hot spot. Courtesy/NASA Kennedy Space CenterDaily Postcard: Storm Clouds Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Storm clouds fill the sky earlier in the week over Los Alamos. Photo by Corrina Hughes Read More
Collared Lizard Guards Onion Patch In White Rock
This collared lizard that residents affectionately call Lizzy has been guarding the family onion and chives patch for weeks at a home on Rio Bravo in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. The family reports that Lizzy hunts every day for grasshoppers and butterflies near sunset, and avoids encounters with various birds (roadrunners and towhees) and a resident bull snake (about 6-feet long). Photo by Patrick Neher
Lizzy the collared lizard has taken up residence at a home in Pajarito Acres. Photo by Patrick Neher
Lizzy gets in some afternoon rock climbing at her new home in Pajarito Acres. Photo by Patrick Read More
Galactic Winds Push Researchers To Probe Galaxies At Unprecedented Scale
A density projection of a cool cloud getting destroyed as it is exposed to an outflow’s hot wind. Rather than getting pushed, the simulation shows the cold material instead becomes gradually heated until it is fully incorporated into the hot wind. Courtesy/Evan Schneider, Princeton UniversityHeinrich, Tillis Lead Letter To U.S. International Trade Commission Opposing Tariffs Harming Solar Industry
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