Energy Department Announces $70 Million For Innovation Institute On Smart Manufacturing
DOE News:SFNF Prescribed Burn Oct. 1 – Dec. 31
SFNF News:Los Alamos To Team With Procter & Gamble In Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
LANL and consumer products company Procter & Gamble will form one of the seven ‘innovation pairs’ working to bring sustainable ideas from some of the nations top scientists into the day-to-day world of manufacturing. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Clean energy manufacturing efforts will get a boost, thanks to a new national laboratory-industry collaboration pilot announced this week by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI).
Los Alamos National Laboratory and consumer products company Procter & Gamble will form one of the seven ‘innovation Read More
Energy Department Selects Five Projects In First Step To Produce Fresh Water From CO2 Storage Sites
DOE News:Secretary Moniz Unveils Roadmap To Double U.S. Energy Productivity By 2030
DOE Secretary Ernest MonizRecycling Extraordinaire Presentation Thursday
Pile of recycled trash. Courtesy/Freidman Recycling Company
COUNTY News:
Join the Environmental Sustainability Board for a presentation by recycling extraordinaire, Mike Smith, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 in the Municipal Building, Room #110.
Special guest speaker, Mike Smith, of Freidman Recycling Company (the County’s recycling contractor) will discuss how Los Alamos County residents and businesses can improve their recycling efforts, and will answer the public’s recycling questions. Smith also will discuss the global recycling market and how it directly impacts Read More
Scenes Of Chaco Canyon By Los Alamos Hiker
Pueblo Bonito, the largest and best-known great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico, was built by the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied the structure between AD 828 and 1126. Photo by Robert Beberniss
Photo by Robert Beberniss
Photo by Robert Beberniss
Photo by Robert BebernissGovernor To Unveil New State Energy Policy
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
CARLSBAD — Monday morning, Gov. Susana Martinez will unveil a sweeping new energy policy and implementation.
Among other things, the blueprint calls for an “all of the above” approach to energy development that promotes the production of all sources of energy as a means of creating jobs, diversifying a key sector of the economy, and supporting the nation’s efforts to achieve energy independence.
Later in the afternoon, the governor also will unveil a new campaign to raise public awareness and improve road safety in Southeast New Mexico. Read More
Luján Questions EPA On Gold King Mine Spill
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
- Calls for Improved Communication and Better Mitigation Plans
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District questioned a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official about the Gold King Mine spill Friday at an Environment and the Economy subcommittee hearing.
While Luján is not a member of the subcommittee, he participated in the hearing, “Oversight of Federal Facility Cleanup under CERCLA,” as a member of the full Energy and Commerce Committee.
Luján questioned Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator Read More
Udall, Heinrich Welcome BLM Decision To Maintain New Mexico State Office
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
- Senators pushed agency to reconsider proposal to merge New Mexico and Arizona offices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced Friday that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has heeded their call to reconsider a proposal to merge the New Mexico and Arizona state offices and will allow the offices to remain separate.
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
The senators released the following statement:
“New Mexico’s many unique public lands issues — including our landscape’s strong connection to our state’s history and culture — require Read More
Fall Colors Begin To Emerge Along West Road
Fall colors emerge on a towering tree spotted Saturday along West Road. Photo by Jennifer Bartram Read More
WIPP Update: Supplemental Ventilation System
SVS installed in the WIPP underground. Courtesy/WIPP
WIPP News:
The Underground Ventilation System at WIPP is undergoing a significant change that will provide additional airflow in the underground.
The large fan that is part of the Supplemental Ventilation System (SVS) was recently downloaded to the underground and has been successfully installed. Read More
PEEC Monthly Wildflower Walk Sept. 14
Local wildflowers. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Since the Los Alamos area received an abundance of rain this summer, beautiful wildflowers abound even as the end of the summer draws near.
Join PEEC’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium Curator Chick Keller for a Wildflower Walk at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14 to discover what some of them are and where they can be found.
This will be an easy walk to identify some of the wildflowers that can be found in and around Los Alamos. The group will meet at the Nature Center at 2600 Canyon Road, and the group will carpool to the trail that Keller will select based on what Read More
Award-Winning Author Sharman Russell Speaks At PEEC Tuesday
Sharman Apt Russell
PEEC News:
Revolution. renaissance. transformation: these are the words of Sharman Apt Russell, an award-winning New Mexican author, as she describes the exploding world of citizen science.
Russell will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15. She will share her stories, knowledge and passion for being a part of the world where thousands of volunteers contribute to cutting edge science: monitoring climate change, tracking bird migration, watching clouds for NASA, or excavating mastodons.
Her most recent book, Diary of a Citizen Scientist: Chasing Tiger Beetles and Other Read More
PEEC Day Trip To Explore Copper Mine Sept. 12
PEEC News:Bear Sought In Attack On Los Alamos Man
The entrance to the area where a bear attacked a Los Alamos man Wednesday on the Canon de Valle Trail is closed today while officers from New Mexico Game & Fish sassisted by Los Alamos police and LANL earch for the bear. The public is asked to stay away from the area. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
NMG&F vehicles are at the scene of Wednesday night’s bear attack on a 56-year-old Los Alamos man on the Canon de Valle Trail. The man arrived at the Los Alamos Medical Center Emergency Department where he was treated, stabilized and transferred by Classic Air Medical to ChristusCeres’ Bright Spots Seen In Striking New Detail
This image, made using images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, shows Occator crater on Ceres, home to a collection of intriguing bright spots. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
NASA/JPL News:
The brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres gleam with mystery in new views delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. These closest-yet views of Occator crater, with a resolution of 450 feet (140 meters) per pixel, give scientists a deeper perspective on these very unusual features.
The new up-close view of Occator crater from Dawn’s current vantage point reveals better-defined Read More
Alert: Bear Attacks Man On Canon de Valle Trail
Staff Report
A man was attacked by a bear Wednesday night while on the Canon de Valle Trail in Los Alamos County.
In a statement released by Los Alamos Medical Center, Marketing Director Mary Beth Maassen said, “Last night at approximately 8:30 p.m., a 56-year-old man arrived at the Los Alamos Medical Center Emergency Department following a bear attack on the Canon de Valle Trail. The patient was treated, stabilized and transferred by Classic Air Medical to Christus St. Vincent in Santa Fe.”
Chief of Information and Education Ofc. Lance Cherry from New Mexico Game & Fish said this morning Read More
Dartmouth Study Finds Arctic Mosquitoes Thriving Under Climate Change
Courtesy/timrettig.comNational Public Lands Day Volunteers Needed
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Celebrate National Public Lands Day (NPLD) Sept. 26 by helping the Santa Fe National Forest reroute a section of the popular Winsor Trail.
The nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, NPLD is a great opportunity to educate the public about the environment and natural resources, and the need for shared stewardship of public lands.
Organizers of the NPLD Winsor Trail project are looking for volunteers 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Each volunteer who participates will receive a free t-shirt, compliments of REI, and Read More