Physics World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Working with industry partner CIRS , a US manufacturer of tissue-equivalent phantoms and simulators for medical imaging, radiation therapy and procedural training, Michel Öllers, Ans Swinnen and colleagues set out last year to demonstrate the inadequacy of existing dose verification methods for a specific category of lung SBRT treatments ( Med.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

FYM now publishes in seven subject areas (Astronomy and Physics, Biodiversity, Chemistry and Materials, Earth & its Resources, Human Health, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Psychology – with Engineering and Technology to come) with materials available in English, Hebrew and Arabic. The Nobel initiative is part of Frontiers’?

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Arnold Porter

JANUARY 21, 2022

In June 2021, North Carolina engineering firm[[N: Press Release, U.S. Dep't of Justice, Engineering Firm Pleads Guilty to Decade-Long Bid Rigging and Fraud Scheme (June 7, 2021), [link]. ]] Contech Engineered Solutions LLC pled guilty to a decadelong bid rigging and fraud scheme and agreed to pay a $7 million criminal fine plus $1.5

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Eco Lawyers

OCTOBER 13, 2017

According to The Mercury News , San Francisco-based utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) may be linked to the cause of the Tubbs fire. Many categories of damages are outside the purview of insurance coverage completely (like emotional damages, erosion, or lost income) or mostly (like landscaping and trees).

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

As the nation prepares to pour hundreds of billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan. . The plan outlines 20-year infrastructure needs, project alternatives, technical reviews, and engineering analysis. The process works until it doesn’t.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

That’s great news because swapping gasoline and diesel vehicles for EVs is an essential strategy to reduce local air pollution and climate change emissions from transportation. As with internal combustion engine vehicles, the added weight of whatever you’re hauling will require more energy to move than the vehicle needs by itself.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

The Supreme Court has recognized a small category of state-law claims that “arise under federal law” for purposes of federal question jurisdiction, “because federal law is a necessary element of the. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing, 545 U.S. Communications include firm news, insights, and events. claim for relief.”

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Instead, the Third Circuit on its own created a new category of damages for due process violations. Corps of Engineers , 2019-565 (La. Communications include firm news, insights, and events. 1] Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. Quality, Louisiana Dep’t of Nat. Office of Coastal Mgmt.,

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Instead, the Third Circuit on its own created a new category of damages for due process violations. Corps of Engineers , 2019-565 (La. Communications include firm news, insights, and events. 1] Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC v. Acres, More or Less, Located in St. Quality, Louisiana Dep’t of Nat. Office of Coastal Mgmt.,

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Candidate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Trainee in the CSU InTERFEWS Program. Author Background I am a PhD Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University and am fortunate to have a Fellowship with the National Science Foundation funded program, InTERFEWS. InVEST 3.8.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2022

PK: And so I wanted to kind of focus on what will be different in human mobility in the coming decades, and what will be the distribution of the 8 billion, 9 billion people on the planet in the year 2050, and reverse engineer over the next 30 years. How did we get there? Where are we? Why are we there? And so forth. It always has.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

But it's not all good news; the issue has received much political attention through attempts by lobby groups to muddy the waters on the evidence. Sponsored Content. What Climatology Is Not. This millennium is just a couple of decades old, but climatology has come a long way in that time. Yet the evidence only continues to get stronger.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2021

By Penn State News Pennsylvania has a long history of mining and metallurgical activities dating to the Industrial Revolution that helped fuel the economy of the Commonwealth and the nation. New findings by a team led by Penn State researchers suggest potential economic opportunities from the domestic production of critical minerals.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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ESA

MAY 4, 2023

Planning requires the expertise of ecologists, landscape architects, environmental planners, and environmental engineers, and can be incentivized by local regulations. Sound ecological science data clearly shows the vital role of wetlands for nature and to also protect human health and property.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 25, 2021

IN RECENT WATER NEWS. Nearly 89 percent of nine western states are in some form of drought, and more than a quarter of the region is considered in exceptional drought, the worst category in the U.S. Drought, The Everything Disaster. Drought Monitor. When water stops flowing, painful days are at hand.

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The Energy Law Blog

MAY 26, 2023

2] Justice Kennedy’s concurrence disagreed, stating that the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) must establish a significant nexus between wetlands and adjacent non-navigable tributaries on a case-by-case basis if the wetlands were to be regulated. [3] Communications include firm news, insights, and events.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 25, 2022

News Briefs. Environmental groups, meanwhile, told E&E News that they plan to continue legal challenges to the Trump rules, in pursuit of a few restoration of the 1978 guidelines. The recommendations span four broad categories: long-term monitoring, waste storage, transport of spent nuclear fuel, and public engagement.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Under this new approach, EPA will instead identify the absence of PPE as a reasonably foreseen condition of use of a new chemical and issue Section 5(e) orders to mandate PPE use and other restrictions EPA deems necessary.[[N: N: News Release, EPA, Important Updates on EPA’s TSCA New Chemicals Program (Mar.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

6785 ), which creates a new grant program to fund collaborative research between government agencies, non-governmental organizations and maritime industries to reduce human impacts on North Atlantic right whales. More News: Cassidy places hold on EPA nominees over carbon capture project approval delay – The Hill. 3664 , H.R.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Interestingly, even with this skewed membership on the commission, it did formulate a category of recommendations that would have provided public oversight of the industry, and would have empowered the DOH to play an important role in the shale gas arena, but nothing came of it. Schwartz, M.D.,

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Other States/National/International -- AP: Hurricane Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Category 3 Hurricane -- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations -- The Economist: Can Europe Decarbonise Its Heavy Industry? Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework includes some funding for environmental initiatives: The Army Corps of Engineers receives $7 billion for flood mitigation projects. More News: Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report – The Guardian. or WOTUS. “In Comments must be submitted by Nov.

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JUNE 2, 2021

11, 2021); see also News Release, EPA, EPA Announces Plan to Reduce TSCA Fees Burden for Stakeholders (Mar. EPA proposed to require manufacturers to maintain certain records documenting their eligibility for the latter three exemption categories. 25, 2020).]] The comment period is scheduled to close on February 25, 2021. 27, 2021).]]

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

The agenda indicates action on new guidance will occur in September, though it is unclear whether that will be proposed or final guidance. It changed long-time agency policy to allow major sources of pollution to reclassify as area sources, a category with fewer regulatory requirements, once their emissions fell below a certain threshold.

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ESA

JANUARY 31, 2022

Science and Engineering 2022 report. The NSF and DOE science provisions in the new COMPETES bill are largely similar to the NSF for the Future Act and Department of Energy Science for the Future Act, which passed the House this past summer. More News: Tightened federal water protections won’t slow some projects – Associated Press.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

. $2 trillion plan includes $50 billion to create a new technology directorate for NSF. House Science Committee bill crease a new Science and Engineering Solutions directorate at NSF. Lawmakers Introduce Competing Proposals to Increase Science Funding. Upcoming Events. Nominations are due May 3, 2021.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

That executive order established a new employment category for federal employees to create “a greater degree of appointment flexibility with respect to these employees.” EPA also reached 1,791 civil settlements, 150 more than the previous year, E&E News reported. Trump did it once before.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Inspired by Trump’s attacks on science, this former engineer is running for Congress. NOAA erases ‘human activity’ from news release on soaring greenhouse gases. Fox News host attacks climate scientists who might refuse to participate in EPA chief's sham debate. . Categories. EPA moves to repeal Obama water rule. .

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine to hold a national summit “Addressing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Anti-Racism in 21st Century STEMM Organizations.”. This bill responds to an executive order from President Trump to create a “schedule F” category for federal employees, who would be easier to fire.

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