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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.5.21

PA Environment Daily

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 27, 28, 29 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- We Remember Sept.

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DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult

PA Environment Daily

Radiation can be present in materials that are spilled or leaked from pits, tanks, or landfills. This is a simple solution rooted in common sense, not politics. Health and justice are the rights of everyone, regardless of where a person falls on a political or ideological spectrum.” Read more here.]

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RePlanet Nederland’s review of the draft Delegated Regulation on nuclear energy and gaseous fossil fuels in the sustainable finance taxonomy

Environmental Progress

Their inclusion appears to be the result of a political compromise with Member States rather than of scientific appraisal as in the case of nuclear energy. Having an expiration date creates political investment uncertainty and risk, which is precisely what the Taxonomy intended to remove. This makes the condition impractical.

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The legacy of Liverpool’s forgotten synchrocyclotron

Physics World

Construction time The synchrocyclotron’s single magnet being slowly moved into place partially underground to help with radiation shielding. Being partially buried would help with radiation shielding, as well as the 30 tonne door, and walls comprised of nearly 1.8 m of concrete, behind which was approximately 3.7 m thick ceiling.

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Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections

Environmental Progress

Gleick claims I contradict myself by writing, “When it comes to protecting the environment by moving to superior alternatives, public attitudes and political action matter,” to which Gleick adds, “exactly the point of environmental advocacy groups like Greenpeace that worked to change public opinion.” Why else use it?