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What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021

Circle of Blue

Between 2002 and 2015, the number of wells nearly doubled but they were able to pump out less and less water. The post What’s Up With Water – June 21, 2021 appeared first on Circle of Blue. In research news, a new study is sounding the alarm on groundwater depletion in Iran. The study was published in the journal Nature.

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The Stream, July 23, 2021: Drought Threatens Rural Farmers In San Joaquin Valley

Circle of Blue

Since 2002, millions of pastoral communities have been forced from their homes to make room for commercial cattle ranches, leaving parts of the region food insecure. The post The Stream, July 23, 2021: Drought Threatens Rural Farmers In San Joaquin Valley appeared first on Circle of Blue.

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Game Commission, DEP Host May 24 Live Peregrine Falcon Online Banding Event At Rachel Carson Building

PA Environment Daily

The peregrine falcon was removed from the federal Endangered Species List in 1999 and the Pennsylvania Threatened List in 2021 but remains federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife Code. Birdwatchers can report bands they see to ReportBand.gov.

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Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

Union of Concerned Scientists

The report charts continued progress in several important categories in 2021, including PV module efficiency, system costs, and the prevalence of batteries, which are a more and more important piece of the solar picture. percent for systems installed in 2002 to 20.1 LBNL found additional drops from 2020 to 2021 of 3.4,

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Topological fluids, the proton radius and art and science: the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine is now out

Physics World

Big questions: the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine. I’m sure you can think of your own examples, but the June 2021 issue of Physics World magazine looks at two particularly long-standing questions in physics. Quite why physicists settled on the lower value is the theme of the article. . •

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Have We Begun the Third Age of Climate Law?

Legal Planet

So far as I can tell, the first serious American effort to cut emissions was the passage of California’s Pavley Act in 2002, which mandated cuts in carbon emissions from vehicles. The Fallback Plan: 2010 to 2021. The time since then can be divided into three eras, each about a decade long. Waiting for Congress: 2000-2010.

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Gregory L. Ebel: The Pipeline Pusher

Enviromental Defense

Despite the OEB review and penalty, complaints to the OEB related to meter reading have more than doubled: from 42 in 2021, to 87 in 2023. TOP SKILLS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Getting in trouble with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) Enbridge was fined $250,000 in 2022 for failing to meet meter reading standards and inaccurately charging consumers.