Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

Those high temperatures are part of a global period of extraordinarily warm temperatures—2023 was the hottest year on record, and global temperatures have continued to run about 1°C (nearly 2°F) above the historical average so far this year. Two major wildfires threatened Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 2000 and 2011.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

But this seemingly simple calculation turns out to be riddled with uncertainties, particularly when you’re talking about regulating the energy industry. In 2011, EPA had estimated that the compliance cost would work out to $9.6 One came up with a $2 billion figure (about a. billion per year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

We at the Union of Concerned Scientists think a lot about wind power. In honor of Global Wind Day , here’s a roundup of what we’re seeing and what we’ve been thinking—five facts about wind energy to keep in mind as you celebrate, or at least make note, on June 15. Wind power is big, and getting bigger. Wind is impressive.

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Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This case is about injection wells for industrial and municipal waste, not for oil and gas waste. January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. I’m an oil and gas guy. Why does this order concern me?

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Energy & the Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A “fiduciary duty” apples to a person who occupies a position of particular confidence towards another and requires a higher standard of behavior than in just about any other relationship. From 2011 to 2015 he arranged to hire companies owned by his close friend Robertson to perform post-frac drillout operations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Winter is once again here, bringing great festivities and respite via holidays, but also great worries to energy regulators, grid operators, and communities about dangerous winter storms that can spread across large parts of the United States and negatively affect electric grid reliability.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I’d love to hear from readers about these issues. Renewable Energy Act sets fixed feed-in tariffs and gives renewables priority on the grid. New rates are large enough to spark expansion of renewable industry. Fifteen percent of electricity is renewable. Renewables are a third of electricity consumption. Download as PDF

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Nuclear Power Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions 2030 219

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2024

Between 2011-2022 there were 281 confirmed JCV infections in the USA that occurred across 23 states, including some western, midwestern, northeastern, and southern states. About half of the known JCV disease cases have been hospitalized, but deaths have been rare. There has been one JCV case reported in northeastern PA in 2013.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Find out more about proton-coupled electron transfer. Harry B Gray and Dr Jay R Winkler at the California Institute of Technology, completing her PhD in 2011. From 2011–2012, Prof. In this webinar, presented by Jillian Dempsey, you will: Learn how molecular catalysts are being used to mediate fuel generation. Join the audience.

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Real Climate

JULY 24, 2023

The AMOC has repeatedly shown major instabilities in recent Earth history , for example during the Last Ice Age, prompting concerns about its stability under future global warming, see e.g. Broecker 1987 who warned about “unpleasant surprises in the greenhouse”. We published an early model comparison about this in 2005.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

EPA’s current policy on tribal consultation is set forth in the May 4, 2011 “EPA Policy on Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribes.” Administrator Regan’s pledge to improve the consultation process suggests substantive changes to EPA’s 2011 Consultation Policy may be in the works.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

In 2011, in AEP v. 410 (2011). But we said nothing about the ways in which Congress intended EPA to exercise its power under that provision. I will leave to others a discussion of “major question doctrine” and other aspects of the West Virginia case. Connecticut , 564 U. Post, at 20.

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Carbon Dioxide 2011 Air Pollution Clean Air Act 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

Count of extreme events in Yolo and Sacramento counties from Sept 2011 to July 2019. To what extent do you agree with the following statement: “I am concerned about California’s water supply reliability due to future extreme weather events (e.g., Like most older millennials, climate change has shaped my time on planet Earth.

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Climate Change 2011 2021 Climate Scientist 190

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

Even casual followers of energy and climate issues have probably heard about the alleged wonders of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). Here are five facts about SMRs that the nuclear industry and the “nuclear bros” who push its message don’t want you, the public, to know. SMRs are not more economical than large reactors.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

And in many counties, high heat conditions occurred over many days: 1,569 counties, or about half of all counties in the contiguous United States, had alerts for at least seven days, though those days were not necessarily consecutive. 22 counties had between 15 and 23 fire weather alerts since then (or about 2-3 weeks’ worth of alerts).

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 30, 2023

15, was living in the remote mountains of Ethiopia in 2011, researching his dissertation on food diversity, when he kept hearing about a crop that confused him. Read the full story from Cornell University. Morgan Ruelle, M.S. ’10, 10, Ph.D. ’15, … Continue reading Ancient farming strategy holds promise for climate resilience

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We pointed out in March that Scafetta had totally neglected observational uncertainty in calculating the observed change in temperature (2011-2021 compared to 1980-1990). Instead we get a litany of vague insinuations about supposedly ignored urban heat island effects (citing the same three papers multiple times) with a dash of astrology.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

According to numerous news reports , before Japan’s 2011 earthquake (one of the most catastrophic in history) a total of 20 oarfish washed ashore. Scientists are learning more each day about the ever-growing plastic pollution crisis and its detrimental impacts on all marine ecosystems, including the deep sea.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 22, 2023

A Vox headline on the orange skies from Canadian wildfires said, “Wildfire smoke reminded people about climate change. It was about most plans for climate security in the New York City area being unrealized. But just because they’re not talking about it doesn’t mean it’s not making them worse off.” How soon will they forget?”

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The nuclear energy industry has struggled following the fallout of the 2011 tsunami in Japan as nuclear reactors were shut down not only in Europe but across the world and Germany accelerated its nuclear phaseout.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

The Central Valley produces about 25% of our nation’s food , despite occupying just 1% of nationwide farmland. Lower income communities have fewer choices about being outdoors during the smokiest days , and are also less likely to have air filtration equipment at home.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2011, my community experienced what was the second-largest oil spill in the province’s history – 4.5 There was lots of talk about a ‘transition’ at that time, but I didn’t know of anyone implementing it. I am from the Lubicon Cree First Nation in Little Buffalo, Alberta. In response, our Just Transition Guide is the how.

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Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 2013 Solar Power 116

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 23, 2024

It’s that time of the year again, when many of us are relieved that the bitter cold weather is finally behind us, yet apprehensive about the dangerously extreme weather events that are likely to come. A complete and prolonged cutoff of external power would lead to a disastrous meltdown similar to that of the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Electricity 2019 259

Acoel

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The rule takes effect quickly and states that “Any entities, including small entities, that have manufactured (including imported) PFAS in any year since 2011 will have 18 months following the effective date of this rule to report PFAS data to EPA.” It requires reporting of information back to January 1, 2011.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Media awareness about global warming and climate change has grown fairly steadily since 2004. A recent and tentative (not yet peer-reviewed) analysis suggests that about half of the increased extreme precipitation may be due to thermodynamics and about half may be due to dynamics (Benestad et al., 2659-2673, 2011.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

AB 2097 (Friedman) builds on work dating back to 2011 (I blogged about then-Assm. It’s finally ending local mandates that all new housing and infill projects must include car storage, even if they’re located within half-mile of transit.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

In 2011, a raccoon found its way into some electrical equipment at the Delaware City Refinery, taking a number of units offline. These impacts include increased general stress and uncertainty, social stress, fear related to water and air contamination, fatigue, and concerns about physical health. This event was hardly unique.

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Carbon Monoxide Climate Change 2011 Regulations 235

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Kirk, a 2011 Allegheny graduate and currently a Murray State postdoctoral research associate. “We This will result in about 2.5 From 2011 to 2017 (which is the last year of updated information), PFBC and their partners have assessed 5,932 streams across the state with 12,410 miles of streams surveyed.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 16, 2023

We often talk about the problems plaguing Lake Erie, but behind all those facts and figures, we know there are deep personal connections to Lake Erie and that’s a huge part of what makes the lake so special. On August 16th, we want to hear about those connections and your Lake Erie stories!

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The hybrid set-up, with video links between the two hubs and digital attendence through zoom, was a change from previous ICRCs held in ICTP (2011) , Brussels (2013) , Stockholm (2016) , and Beijing (2019). This will give them extra information about what issues are more important for their opponents. C above the preindustrial level.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 13, 2023

and La Niña events (2011, 2018, 2021, 2022 etc.) Another January, another annual data point. It’s well known (among readers here, I assume), that ENSO influences the interannual variability of the climate system and the annual mean temperatures. El Niño events enhance global warming (as in 1998, 2010, 2016 etc.) impart a slight cooling.

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Physics World

APRIL 29, 2022

By exploiting a curious effect called negative capacitance, researchers have designed a transistor that requires a gate voltage about 30% lower than conventional designs. This an effect that Salahuddin first predicted in 2008 and demonstrated experimentally in 2011.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Photo Credit: International Monetary Fund, Flickr My research examines how global discourses about environmental issues incorporate security language to give practical and theoretical meaning to the emerging concept of environmental security. The organization Extinction Rebellion calling for a more truthful narrative about the climate crisis.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 19, 2022

We often talk about the problems plaguing Lake Erie, but behind all those facts and figures, we know there are deep personal connections to Lake Erie and that’s a huge part of what makes the lake so special. On August 31st, we want to hear about those connections and your Lake Erie stories! Story and image by Colin Boyd Shafer).

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Physics World

APRIL 20, 2022

Despite this, in the UK, there exists limited guidance on how to implement and commission a system for clinical use or information about the resources required to set up and maintain a service. Simon’s research interests included flattening filter-free technology, in vivo dosimetry and intra-operative radiotherapy.

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Nanotech

JUNE 4, 2021

In 2011, the European Commission (EC) adopted a definition that describes a nanomaterial as a material at the nanoscale. Venturini states that describing a specific “nanomaterial” only provides information about its elemental composition and size, but at the nanoscale, “that substance can adopt more than one different form (i.e.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Since June 2004, PA Environment Digest has printed or linked to over 6,290 articles about environmental stewards from all walks of life and all ages. -- Be Inspired!

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