Environment

African Wildlife Presentation At Nature Center: Expedition To Masai Mara

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Wildebeests at sunset on the plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Learn more about African birds and large mammals at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 in the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium, the Walkers and Coopers will share their photographs and stories from their trip to the Masai Mara in Kenya.

During their 10-day stay at two upscale tent camps, they encountered and photographed more than a hundred species of birds and 25 species of large mammals. They witnessed several river-crossing events and learned more about the plains ecosystem and the culture of the native Masai Read More

NMED To Sue U.S. EPA For Massive Waste Spill

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NMED Cabinet Secretary Ryan Flynn

NMED News:

 SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department has announced its intention to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—along with the State of Colorado and the owners of the Gold King and Sunnyside Mines—to address the environmental impacts resulting from the 2015 massive waste spill in the Animas River that EPA officials admitted to causing.

 In August of last year, the EPA caused a release of three million gallons of toxic mine waste into the Animas and San Juan Rivers, depositing toxins on the riverbed, agricultural lands, Read More

Thirst For Power, A Climate Change Solution In The Cards

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Grid modernization is one of the many issues that will influence water and energy trade-offs in the future. Photo by Randy Montoya,/SNL for Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium
 
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

A Los Alamos educational company that promotes science and technology literacy has been invited to participate in the Climate Game Night next week at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Science Education Solutions (SCIEDS) will be demonstrating and discussing their professionally developed and scientifically

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DOE Announces $11 Million For Seven New Projects To Test Options For Optimal Efficiency Of U.S. Electric Grid

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DOE News:

  • ARPA-E’s GRID DATA Projects will Develop Innovative Models and Data Repositories to Improve Transmission and Distribution of Electricity on the U.S. Electric Grid

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Energy Department’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $11 million in funding for seven transformational projects that will develop realistic, open-access models and data repositories to aid in improving the U.S. electric grid.

ARPA-E’s new program, Generating Realistic Information for the Development of Distribution and Transmission Algorithms Read More

First Fee Free Day At Bandelier And Other Federal Areas Is Monday

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Entry sign at Bandelier National Monument. Courtesy/NPS

BANDELIER News:

 
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 18,  and is this year’s first Fee Free Day at Bandelier National Monument and other National Park areas all over the country, that charge entrance fees, including the Valles Caldera National Preserve. At Bandelier, there also will be discounts at the bookstore and gift shop.
 
In addition, entry will be free at Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management sites where entrance fees are charged. This is the first fee free day
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LANL: Machine Learning Helps Discover Most Luminous Supernova In History

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An artist’s impression of the record-breaking superluminous supernova ASASSN-15lh as it would appear from an exoplanet about 10,000 light years away in the host galaxy of the supernova. Courtesy/Beijing Planetarium – Jin Ma

Two of the 14-centimeter diameter lens telescopes in use for the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) that discovered ASASSN-15lh. Since this photo was taken, two more telescopes have been added to the ASAS-SN station in Cerro Tololo, Chile. Courtesy/Wayne Rosing

LANL News:

  • Powerful explosion 570 billion times brighter than the sun

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Los Alamos To Tackle Modernizing Energy Grid In DOE-Wide Laboratory Consortium

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U.S. lights. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Grid Modernization Initiative Releases Multi-Year Plan with $220 Million in Funds

Under a new, $220 million U.S. Department of Energy grid-modernization program, Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists will collaborate with other laboratories, academia, and state and local agencies on critical research and development in a number of key areas, such as advanced electrical storage systems and integrating clean energy into the grid. 

Up to $35.25 million in research funding could come to Los Alamos and its partners.

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Positive Energy Solar Joins Master Dealer Network

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PES News:
 
SANTA FE ― Positive Energy Solar, a New Mexico-based solar installer, has joined the SunPower® Master Dealer network, a strategic partnership program designed to deliver global solar expertise to local communities through leading independent solar installers.  
 
SunPower carefully selects its Master Dealers, awarding the distinction only to installers that consistently put customers first and deliver the superior SunPower experience at every step of a customer’s unique solar energy journey.
 
Master Dealers offer complete
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Bill Priedhorsky Presents Talk To Mountaineers Jan. 20

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Llama packer BJ Orozco and his staff, schlepping gear down the canyon of the Escalante River. Courtesy photo
 
LA MOUNTAINEERS:
 
Bill Priedhorsky, a local Los Alamos Mountaineers member, will present “Adventures in the Canyons: A Country of Puzzles” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. Social time and reports of recent and upcoming events begin at 6:30 p.m.

Priedhorsky will share some highlights of his 36 years of exploring, focusing on the last few years of new adventures. What is it about this part of the world that keeps him, and so many other

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