WIPP Ends Safety Pause
WIPP News:
A safety pause, declared by Nuclear Waste Partnership in response to air quality issues in two remote areas of the WIPP underground, was ended and normal work in these areas has resumed.
The pause began Feb. 22 after workers detected elevated levels of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in two areas at extreme ends of the underground. The pause allowed time to thoroughly investigate each event while work in un-impacted portions of the WIPP underground continued.
We are learning from operating experience and continuing to improve our programs and processes to better Read More
Heinrich Secures $10 Mil For Directed Energy Development In New Mexico
SENATE News:Digging A Proper Hole In Soil
SSSA News:DOE Participates In Clean Line’s Large-Scale Energy Transmission Project
DOE News:Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Receives $1 Million
Mallard ducks in the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge’s agriculture fields. Courtesy/USFWS
USFWS News:
ALBUQUERQUE ― U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Dan Ashe and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich have announced that Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) will receive $1 million in additional annual funding to engage urban communities and youth in conservation and outdoor recreation.
The Refuge, located in Albuquerque’s South Valley, is only five miles from downtown and has been working extensively with partners and community members Read More
Peaceful Demonstrations Near Trinity Site April 2
CCNS News:TALES OF OUR TIMES: What Decides How Big Is Best?
Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
What Decides How Big Is Best?
The environment, which is everything on Earth, constantly struggles to find the right size for a system. A “system” means a set of parts that must work together as conditions change. The system could be a live animal, a corporation, an agency or a jurisdiction.
Systems have been tried in a wide range of sizes.
Nature tried dinosaurs in different sizes. The pterosaur, a flying relative of dinosaurs, had a wingspan of 18 meters (60 ft.). By contrast, the wingspan of the World War Read More
Heinrich Leads Group Of Senators Urging Congressional Leaders To Address National Parks’ Maintenance Backlog
SENATE News:Prescribed Burn In Santa Fe Watershed Underway
SFNF News:LANL Critical Watersheds On Exhibit At White House Water Summit
A tree just down canyon from Richard Middleton’s house. Photo by Richard Middleton
San Juan and Colorado River basins. The San Juan River basin is host to a range of complex climate, disturbance, and energy-water challenges. The basin supplies water for multiple gas and coal-fired power plants and hydropower, vast oil and gas production, widespread irrigation, and urban areas. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Daily Post
A Los Alamos National Laboratory project was included in a White House celebration of the 23rd annual United Nations World Water Day Tuesday.
The Read More
KAFB Project Field Trip Registration Deadline Extended
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- 1-3 p.m.
High Winds And Cold Temps Leave Marks
High winds and cold temperatures at lunchtime today begin to freeze the water feature on the patio at the Blue Window Bistro. Photo by Alan Madsen
Today’s strong wind blew this 60-foot tall ponderosa pine onto a residence on 35th Street. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A wider view of the ponderosa pine that fell during today’s high winds onto a home on 35th Street. Photo by Bart Daly
Strong wind today topples a large tree onto a car parked at a residence on 45th Street. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com Read More
LANL: Novel Water-Removal Technique Boosts Performance Of Carbon Nanomaterials
LANL News:
- ‘Transformational implications’ for fuel cells and batteries
New research illuminating water’s critical role in forming catalysts for oxygen reduction in materials has revealed the key to designing next-generation carbon nanomaterials with enhanced performance for fuel cells and batteries.
“The implications of understanding water’s role in achieving high-performance layered materials for energy generation and storage devices will be transformational,” said Gautam Gupta of the Materials Synthesis and Integrated Devices group at Los Alamos National Read More
PEEC: Mysteries Of The Unseen World March 26-27
The great film Mysteries of the Unseen World will be playing 2-2:45 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, March 26-27 in the planetarium at the Nature Center. For more information, click here. Courtesy/PEECHeinrich, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Announce $1 Million Annually For Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich with members of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps Tuesday at the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Courtesy photo
From The Office Of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe announced Tuesday that the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge will receive $1 million in additional annual funding to engage urban communities and youth in conservation and outdoor recreation.
The Refuge, located Read More
Prescribed Burn Planned On Santa Fe National Forest Jemez Ranger District
SFNF News:Prescribed Burn Planned On Santa Fe National Forest Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District
SFNF News:How The Hen House Turns—The Eyes Have It
How The Hen House Turns As a biology student, I was enthralled with the amazing diversity of tiny critters that swam energetically in a drop of water under the microscope. After studying embryology, I was even more amazed that any of us were ever born halfway normal. But comparative Anatomy in the Zoology Department at college topped them all. The variety of eyes that have evolved on this planet is amazing.
It’s not just the eyes’ variety of color and design, as pictured in a recent issue of National Geographic. It’s their Read More
White House To Host Water Summit … Los Alamos Watershed Research Among Featured Projects
LANL News:
On Tuesday, March 22—World Water Day—the Administration will host a White House Water Summit to raise awareness of the national importance of water and to highlight new commitments and announcements that the Administration and non-Federal institutions are making to build a sustainable water future.
A project from Los Alamos National Laboratory will be among the research areas featured.
Safe, sufficient, and reliable water resources are essential to the functioning of every aspect and sector of U.S. society, including agricultural and energy production, industry and economic Read More
NMED Calls On EPA To Reimburse $1.5 Million For Emergency Response To Gold King Mine Spill
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