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Ranking Academic Economics Power Couples Based on July 2021 REPEC Data

Environmental and Urban Economics

A few months ago, I posted a Twitter tweet about how to use REPEC data to rank academic couples. I followed a symmetric transparent method. My criteria takes the REPEC Ranking for one spouse + REPEC ranking for the other spouse. I treat them as equals. If an economist is not married to an economist or if a highly ranked economist is married to another economist who is not ranked on REPEC, then they are not included.

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From a Raft in the Grand Canyon, the West’s Shifting Water Woes Come Into View

Inside Climate News

The Colorado River through the national park holds lessons for managing an essential and diminishing resource in a rapidly warming climate. By Judy Fahys Floating in the bottom of the Grand Canyon last spring, I was traveling back in time in more ways than one. In a narrow section, where the Colorado River runs deep and quiet, Vishnu schist offers a window onto the world as it was here 1.7 billion years ago, give or take a couple of hundred million years.

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20 000 channels of seismic data reveal Arctic climate change

Physics World

Let’s start with the project. What were you doing up on the North Slope? We wanted to try a technique called distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) under ice for the first time. The way DAS works is that you take a standard fibre-optic cable, like the ones used for telecommunications, and on one end of the cable you have a device called an interrogator that rapidly pulses laser light down the fibre.

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Crawling with Crickets: The Insect Swarm of the Western US

Cool Green Science

Across the west, this large, occasionally cannibalistic insect swarms by the millions. The post Crawling with Crickets: The Insect Swarm of the Western US appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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One Head, 1,000 Rear Ends: The Tale of a Deeply Weird Worm

Scientific American

Ramisyllis multicaudata is an animal that seems to have adopted the lifestyle of a fungus. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 8.8.21

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 -- 22 New Stories - Real Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Dept. Of Health Visits Communities And Families Impacted By Shale Gas Development, Hears Firsthand Accounts Of Health Harms [PaEN] -- AP: Professor, Team Probe Flooding Risks In Conemaugh Watershed -- CitizensV: Communities To Appeal FEMA Flood Mappin

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22 New Stories - Real Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Here are 22 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Environmental Defense Foundation: Files Petition In Court To Order Commonwealth To Return $1.3 Billion In Revenue From State Forest Drilling Unconstitutionally Transferred From Oil &

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SEC Approves Nasdaq’s Race and Gender Board Disclosure Rules

Greenbuilding Law

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Nancy Hudes and I will be publishing a new blog beginning Monday, August 9 at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). If we can assist you or someone you work with in ESG matters, do not hesitate to reach out to me.

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