Environment

Maggiore: Los Alamos County Keeps Getting Greener

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By ANTONIO MAGGIORE
Los Alamos County Councilor

It’s looking like spring is finally here, and I honestly couldn’t be happier about it. I love spring, especially after such a nice wet winter.

All over Los Alamos and White Rock flowers and trees can already be seen blooming with an intensity and eagerness not seen for some time. This is looking to be an especially verdant summer all over not just our beautiful County, but our scenic state as a whole.

However, there’s more than just the myriad shades of green our landscape provides that has me excited for the next few months. This spring and summer has Read More

EM Assistant Secretary Anne White Tours WIPP, LANL Projects, Meets With Workers

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EM Assistant Secretary Anne White joins waste management staff from Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to mark the second shipment of transuranic waste from LANL’s Area G to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant this year. Courtesy photo
 
EM Assistant Secretary Anne White meets with early career professionals during a visit to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant last week. Courtesy photo
 
WIPP News:
 
EM Assistant Secretary Anne White visited the cleanup program’s New Mexico sites last week.
 
Following is her report on the trip:
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SFCIR Presents Dr. Donald Hinsman On State Of Global Climate May 6

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SFCIR News:
 
The Santa Fe Council on International Relations (SFCIR) is hosting a presentation by Dr. Donald Hinsman, a former World Meteorological Organization (WMO) director of the World Weather Watch, the Global Climate Observing System and the WMO Space Programme.
 
Dr. Hinsman’s presentation is 10 a.m. to noon Monday, May 6 at SFCIR, 413 Grant Ave, Suite D will cover the State of the Global Climate during 2017 and 2018 as described in the WMO’s Annual Statements on Global Climate.
 
The World Meteorological Organization is a member of the United Nations System and
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Haaland: State Land Commissioner’s Action Reinforces Efforts To Protect Chaco Canyon

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U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01) released the following statement Tuesday after New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard signed an executive order placing a moratorium on new oil and gas development on state trust land in a buffer zone around Chaco Canyon.
 
“Land Commissioner Garcia Richard’s move to protect heritage sites at Chaco is a great step that reinforces our efforts to protect Chaco on the federal level. I’m looking forward to continuing our partnership to protect sacred sites,”
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N3B Completes First Year Of Legacy Waste Cleanup At Los Alamos National Laboratory

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N3B News:

This week, Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) celebrates its first anniversary as a new company cleaning up legacy waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

“We are very excited for the cleanup progress we’ve made the past year and to be a part of the Northern New Mexico community,” N3B President Glenn Morgan said. “We established a new company from scratch, completed several projects, resumed waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and laid the foundation for our goal of cleaning up the environment and protecting our future.”

Last year, the Department of Energy Read More

Scientists Track Giant Ocean Vortex From Space

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Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl. Courtesy/AGU

AGU News:

WASHINGTON—Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, they report in a new study.

Using 23 years of satellite data, the new findings show the Great Whirl is larger and longer-lived than scientists previously thought. At its peak, the giant whirlpool is, on average, 275,000 square kilometers (106,000 square miles) in area and persists for about 200 days out of the year. Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: May 1

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

If you drive over the Rio Grande at Otowi Bridge on your way to or from work in Los Alamos, you’ve probably noticed how high the river is flowing.

According to the United States Geological Survey streamflow here Tuesday is at 5,070 cubic-feet-per-second, which is very high for this time of year. Spring runoff is in full swing in Northern New Mexico and likely still weeks away from peaking.

Rivers and streams are swollen with runoff and difficult to fish. The best fishing right now will be found in lakes and reservoirs. If you are determined to Read More

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