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Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It's Totally Awesome

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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DEP Finds PA General Energy Installed Its Shawnee Water Withdrawal On The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek At Sizes Larger Than Authorized By Its SRBC, DEP Permits

PA Environment Daily

A June 14 DEP administrative inspection report filed on the PA General Energy Company, LLC Shawnee Water Withdrawal for shale gas drilling operations on State Forest Land in Gamble and Plunketts Creek Townships, Lycoming County said “the buried intake vault, intake screen, wet well, and piping between intake and wet well of the Loyalsock/Shawnee Freshwater System project were all installed [last summer and fall] at sizes larger than what was proposed in the approved permit application E4129-133”

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Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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UK river pollution monitoring is 50 years out of date, say researchers

New Scientist

Levels of pollutants in the UK's rivers are tested by random sampling, a method that experts say is decades out of date and not thorough enough to tackle the issues facing the waterways

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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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Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 10 to 16 -- Leaking Conventional Wells; 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Using Tape To Repair Containment Liner

PA Environment Daily

From June 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 651 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 67 violations of environmental regulations-- 61 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 6 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. So far this year-- as of June 9 -- DEP issued 3,090 formal notices of violation to conventional operators and 709 to unconventional shale gas operators based on 7,169 inspections of conventi

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 6.17.23

PA Environment Daily

Are You Telling Your Story? House holds Regular Session June 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 19, 20, 21, 22, [23] , 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP/EPA AirNow Declares Code ORANGE Air Pollution Alert For Saturday, June 17 In Lehigh Valley, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Susquehanna Valley -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 10 to 16 -- Leaking Conventional Wells; 5 More Abandone

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How you can help save Britain's rivers by becoming a citizen scientist

New Scientist

As part of New Scientist's Save Britain's Rivers campaign, we've rounded up the best citizen science projects that let you play an active role in improving the nation's waterways

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Brain activity 'barcodes' may be linked to specific memories in birds

New Scientist

Neural recordings from chickadees have found unique patterns of activity that occur when they hide food and then retrieve it later, and they may represent how memories are indexed in the brain

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