Environment

AlgaStar/BioStim And Los Alamos National Laboratory Renew Research

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Biostim test setup at LANL. Courtesy/AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com

SCIENCE News:

A research team at AlgaStar Inc., a Florida-based biomass R&D cultivation company, reported to the Algae Biomass Summit in 2014 that electromagnetic field (EMF) biostimulation had yielded a 300 percent biomass growth increase and 174 percent increase in lipid oil content in several alga samples over controlled growth conditions.

Part of this research is being carried out by BioStim Inc., AlgaStar’s wholly owned subsidiary located in New Mexico. They are leading a consortium of small businesses as a part Read More

Expert On Nature Play Visits Los Alamos

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Ken Finch portaging a canoe. Courtesy photo
 

PEEC News:

Generations of American children enjoyed outdoor play in wild spaces as a cherished part of growing up, but too many of today’s children are virtually trapped indoors. Veteran environmental educator and national nature play expert Ken Finch will speak at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. He brings an informative and light-hearted perspective of the growing movement to restore nature-based play to childhood. He will also explain how we can help foster it in our own family and Read More

Attorney General Balderas Joins National Climate Change Coalition

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STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that New Mexico has joined Attorneys General from across the nation in an unprecedented coalition of 17 top law enforcement officials to protect and expand progress the nation has made in combating climate change.
 
The states agreed to work together on key investigations, such as ongoing or any potential investigations into whether fossil fuel companies misled investors and the public on the impact of climate change on their businesses.
 
“We have been impacted by climate change, and we see its drastic
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Celebrating 100 Years Of The National Park Service

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Redwoods National and State Parks. Courtesy/NPS

 

By Secretary Sally Jewell
Department of the Interior

America’s national parks, monuments and lands are uniquely different — in their make-up and their locale — but they all seek to tell a part of America’s story.

Monday, April 16, we kick off National Park Week: one of our nation’s largest celebrations of nature, history and culture. This year is special because it comes as we celebrate 100 years of the National Park Service — that’s 100 years of protecting America’s best idea!

Over that century, our national park system Read More

Los Alamos County Environmental Services Conducts Waste Audit To Answer Questions About Recycling

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Workers sift through a pile of debris at the Eco Station. Courtesy/LAC

Consultant Jessi Just, left, and County Environmental Services Manager Angelica Gurule. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

A Los Alamos County Environmental Services (LAC) compactor truck, half-way through its morning route, came back to the LAC Eco Station to drop 7,860 pounds of trash.

On a typical day, this driver would fill the truck with about 20,000 pounds of trash before returning to the Eco Station, but on March 25, staff and Environmental Sustainability Board Chair John Bliss were prepared for the smaller mixed trash Read More

Nuclear Workers Challenge DOL’s Proposals For Compensation Program

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By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Labor Department officials announced Tuesday that they would reopen the comment period for a proposed set of rule changes that have not been well received by the community of nuclear workers eligible for a federal compensation program for workers with certain occupational illnesses. DOL’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has responsibility for adjudicating and processing employees’ claims under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, (EEOICPA).

A 60-day comment period, which was already extended Read More

County Reminder: Beware Of Large Predators

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A mountain lion spotted prowling on 35th Street. Courtesy photo
 
COUNTY News:
 
Los Alamos County officials are reminding the public that springtime typically brings with it an increase of large predators roaming throughout the forests and traveling on the trails surrounding the local area – and that means some of these animals will likely enter the community’s residential areas, too.
 
The animals are seeking food or water, especially during times of drought. In this area, large predators can include mountain lions, black bears, bobcats and coyotes. Please review the following
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Tour And Skywatching At Bandelier Saturday

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BANDELIER News:
 
Bandelier National Monument is offering two more programs celebrating the park’s Centennial: a tour of the historic structures, and an evening opportunity for skywatching Saturday, April 9.
 
At 1 p.m., Saturday, the head of the park’s Historic Preservation crew will lead a walk to look at the Pueblo Revival style stone buildings built in Frijoles Canyon by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. No signups are required. The walk meets at 1 p.m. in front of the Visitor Center, and participants should bring
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WIPP Installs Underground Personnel Notification And Tracking System

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Hard hat icons, representing dozens of workers in the WIPP underground, appear on one of the tracking monitors located at the WIPP facility. The hats actually move in real time as WIPP employees travel throughout the underground facility. Courtesy/WIPP
 
WIPP News:
 
A new underground Wireless Notification and Tracking System (WNTS) has been installed at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) that allows for two-way communication for both talk and text, audible and flashing alarms and allows personnel to immediately signal the Central Monitoring Room (CMR) in
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Postal Service Previews Second Of 16 Stamps Celebrating National Park Service’s Centennial

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Courtesy/USPS

USPS News:

  • Stamp Highlights Utah’s Arches National Park

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Postal Service previewed the second in its series of 16 Forever stamps commemorating the centennial of the National Park Service. The 16 stamps, intended to represent the diversity of areas in our national park system, are being previewed over the next three weeks.

 Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

The stamp image is a photograph by Tom Till of Moab, Utah, and represents the iconic Delicate Arch. Delicate Arch is just one of more than 2,000 stone arches in a park that contains the greatest Read More