Sat.Apr 12, 2025

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EPA Cancels Key Science Advisory Board Meeting

Inside Climate News

The cancellation of a meeting of top advisors to the agencys scientific research arm, with no explanation or plans to reschedule, signals bad news for public health and the environment, say former advisors. By Liza Gross In what appears to be the latest attack on the science and regulations that protect public health and the environment, the Trump administration notified top advisors to the U.S.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 5 to 11 - Late Night Conventional Wastewater Road Dumping Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Pipeline Leak Investigation Expands To 2 Other Counties; More Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

From April 5 to 11, DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 616 inspection entries. Follow these links to spreadsheets showing the violations and inspections occurring between April 5 and 11-- Click Here for violations issued. Click Here for inspection entries. Enforcement Actions Taken Last Week So far this year, DEP took these actions as of April 4 -- -- NOVs Issued In Last Week: 33 conventional, 14 unconventional -- Year To Date - NOVs Issued: 1,249 conventiona

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Photon collisions in dying stars could create neutrons for heavy elements

Physics World

A model that could help explain how heavy elements are forged within collapsing stars has been unveiled by Matthew Mumpower at Los Alamos National Laboratory and colleagues in the US. The team suggests that energetic photons generated by newly forming black holes or neutron stars transmute protons within ejected stellar material into neutrons, thereby providing ideal conditions for heavy elements to form.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.12.25

PA Environment Daily

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people. - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [Its Not A Suggestion] House Voting Schedule April 22, 23, 24 May 5

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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This Robot Copies Life—By Decomposing

Scientific American

A new soft robotic arm and its controller break down naturally

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Who Pays When Insurance Fails to Cover Climate Disasters?

NRDC

Spoiler alert: Its you.