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Oppenheimer Lecture: National Academy Of Sciences President Examines Question Of Climate Intervention

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National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt will deliver the 46th annual J. Robert Oppenheimer lecture Wednesday night in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

A few years back, the American geophysicist Marcia McNutt was one of three distinguished scientists who were asked by a British publication — if they could go to any time in the past, which event would they most like to see. At that time she was executive director of the U.S. Geological Survey and the question came from EarthWise, a digital magazine of the Royal Scottish Geological

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Thanks Los Alamos Native For Work During Washington, D.C., Internship

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall thanks Gillian Hsieh Ratliff of Los Alamos for her work as an intern in his Washington, D.C., office this summer. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall thanked Los Alamos native Gillian Hsieh Ratliff for her work as an intern in his Washington, D.C., office this summer. During her seven weeks on Capitol Hill, Hsieh Ratliff worked primarily on health related issues.

“Gillian has worked on a number of important health policy issues this summer and has been of great help in my Washington, D.C. office,” Udall said. “I hope that she finds her Read More

U.S. House Democrats Unveil Stronger America: New Security Agenda

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NATIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra (D-CA), U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-NY), U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), and members of the House Democratic Caucus unveiled House Democrats’ Stronger America: A New American Security
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Los Alamos Delegates Arrive At GOP Convention

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GOP Convention Delegates Lisa Shin, left, and Kelly Benner of Los Alamos arrive in Cleveland, Ohio Sunday to participate in the 2016 Republican National Convention. They are standing in front of the Rock and Roll Museum and preparing to attend Sunday evening’s RNC Convention Welcome Party. Shin is speaking at the convention on behalf of ‘Korean Americans for Trump’ at around 6 p.m. Thursday. Courtesy photo

POLITICAL News:

Two Los Alamos women arrived Sunday at the 2016 Republican National Convention (RNC) gets underway today and runs through Thursday at the Quicken

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Udall, Tester, Cantwell Introduce Bill To Launch Businesses And Create Jobs In Indian Country

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced legislation to help launch businesses and create more jobs in Indian Country.
 
Their bill, the Native American Business Incubators Program Act, will establish and fund business incubators in Indian Country to help start and cultivate Native American-owned small businesses. 
 
“Small businesses create jobs and opportunity and empower people to shape their own future, and that’s why I’m doing
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Historical Marker Installed At Los Alamos Post Office

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A worker installs a plaque on the front of the Post Office in downtown Los Alamos stating that the building, constructed in 1948, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of The Interior. Postmaster Jim Hunter, left, watches the proceedings with at right, Chair Mark Rayburn of the Fuller Lodge Historic District Advisory Board. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from historical marker installation Wednesday at the Los Alamos Post Office. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from historical marker installation Wednesday
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Government Accountability Office Releases Report On Whistleblower Retaliation At DOE

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., were joined Thursday by federal contractor whistleblowers Sandra Black and Walt Tamosaitis to release a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on whistleblower retaliation at the Department of Energy (DOE).
 
Black, a contractor employee at DOE’s Savannah River site in South Carolina for more than 30 years was fired for cooperating with the GAO during its collection of information for the report. Tamosaitis was fired after raising safety and design
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NWTF Supports Bipartisan Bill To Enhance Funding For Fish And Wildlife

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NWTF News:
 
EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The National Wild Turkey Federation acknowledges and thanks U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-AK) and U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) for recently introducing the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 5650), a bill that calls for the dedication of $1.3 billion in existing revenue to the Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program.
 
The Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program is currently unfunded. But under the proposed legislation, the program would allow state fish and wildlife agencies to proactively manage at-risk species
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Udall Kicks Off Panel On Civic Engagement At Senate Latino Summit

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall opened a panel discussion Thursday on the importance of the Latino electorate in the 2016 election, and he urged participants to get out and voice their values at the ballot box in November.
 
Speaking with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at the Senate Democratic Latino Summit panel discussion on Latino civic engagement, Udall reminded participants that the winner of the 2016 presidential and congressional elections will shape key public policy issues important to the Latino community — such
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DOE Issues Final RFP For WIPP Transportation Services

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DOE News:
 
CINCINNATI ― The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transportation Services.
 
An Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, utilizing Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) task orders, that may include separate Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) (within Task Orders) for specified cost reimbursable (no fee) items such as State permits and Use fees, New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax, fuel, and a safe driving
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