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Penn State To Host Inaugural Mining PA Conference Aug. 12-16 In State College

PA Environment Daily

Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. -- Jim Haughey , Komatsu’s business development director for industrial minerals, who will present “The Future of Mining Machines – Innovations and Technologies.” -- Rich Wagner , director of the Bureau of Mine Safety at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

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Method used to track ants underground could revolutionize how we measure snow depth from space

Frontiers

With the help of some ants, NASA scientists have developed an innovative concept to measure exactly how deep the snow layer is covering sea ice and mountains using a lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument in space. Less snow on the ground equals less reflectivity and more global warming. By Simona Pesce, Frontiers writer.

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New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space

Frontiers

Extravehicular activities (activities done by an astronaut outside a spacecraft), robotics, and autonomous systems solutions have been useful for servicing and maintenance missions and have helped the space community conduct ground-breaking research on various space missions. Selling the articles is not allowed.

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Thursday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.6.23

PA Environment Daily

Capitol Reflects On Being ‘Brainwashed’ By Ex-President Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest Volunteers Needed!

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Understanding the Arguments Made by Climate Change Adaptation Pessimists: Part One

Environmental and Urban Economics

My microeconomics research, as sketched out in my 2010 Climatopolis book and my 2021 Adapting to Climate Change books, argues that capitalism accelerates our ability to adapt as market price signals encourage substitution and innovation. Why should tax payers on “higher ground” bail out risk takers over and over again?

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Climate Litigation and UN Climate Talks: An Important Symbiosis

Union of Concerned Scientists

Raising Awareness and Public Pressure Climate litigation often generates significant news media attention, shining a spotlight on climate issues and pushing them to the forefront of public consciousness. These cases mark a global trend, driving home the need to hold governments at all levels accountable for climate action.

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White House announces new policy to drop paywalls around publicly funded research

Frontiers

The Office of Science and Technology Policy announced ground-breaking new guidance to remove any “delay or barrier between the American public and the returns on their investments in research.” The Covid emergency taught us that open science drives innovation and saves lives. “As