PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This marks the third time the Delaware River has earned the title, having previously won in 2002 and 2011. Once heavily polluted, to the point where ship hulls darkened from the contamination, the river has since undergone a dramatic recovery and now boasts more National Wild and Scenic designations than any other river.

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National Law Center

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) was created in 2002 and is responsible for, among other things, border security, administration, and. The post Department of Homeland Security Makes Changes to Immigration Enforcement appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Scientific American

APRIL 19, 2023

Iceberg B-22A, which first broke off from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier in 2002, is finally moving away from the South Pole after being freed from its seafloor tether

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New Scientist

AUGUST 29, 2023

An object in the Kuiper belt named 2002 MS4 has a depression 45 kilometres deep and 320 kilometres across, unlike anything seen before on such a small world

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 3, 2022

percent for systems installed in 2002 to 20.1 PV modules keep getting more efficient. One finding is that the efficiency of PV modules keep climbing. Median values for modules in residential systems rose from 13.6 percent in 2021—that’s a 48 percent increase, much of it in the last decade.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 8, 2021

After obtaining his PhD in physics at UCM (Spain) in 1999, he was a Marie Curie postdoc at Paris-Sud University (France) in 2000–2002. Dr J M García-Martín is a research scientist at the Institute of Micro and Nanotechnology, CSIC. He joined CSIC in 2003 and secured a permanent position in 2006.

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Energy & the Law

JUNE 1, 2022

The events: 2002 and 2004: Mustafa and Lahijani purchase land on which the Bash #1 well is located. 2002 : Americo acquires the 1937-era oil and gas lease on the land. The two-year statute of limitations barred the landowners’ claim.

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Real Climate

MAY 21, 2023

The two big warming events in the earlier part of the record are the impacts of the El Chichon and Mt Pinatubo eruptions (and you’ll note quite a wide spread in magnitude of the latter event) and if you squint, you can see the solar cycle (maxima around 1981, 1991, 2002, 2014).

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The “law of small numbers ” implies a minimum number of independent simulations in an ensemble (Rabin, 2002). 775-816, 2002. There are too many examples of regional and local climate projections based on one or a small number of global climate model simulations. 775-779, 2012. TAKAYABU, H. KANAMARU, K. DAIRAKU, R.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In 2002 an experiment at the GANIL accelerator facility in France revealed the first evidence for tetraneutrons – be it fleeting. For over 50 years, physicists have been looking for clusters of two or more neutrons that are bound together by the strong force – and have found no conclusive evidence for their existence.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 11-12 [PaEN] -- PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 22 -- MorningAgClips: Franklin/Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards Seeking Volunteers, Info Sessions Dec. 12 (In-Person), Dec.

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Physics World

AUGUST 20, 2021

Jesper Grimstrup is a Danish theoretical physicist who received his PhD in 2002. Half of it is an attempt to convey the mathematics that Grimstrup believes matches his 2002 idea. His life’s mission is to find a theory of everything. He calls his approach “ Quantum Holonomy Theory ”. It’s an untypical book for the non-fiction genre.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In fact, EPA finalized a rule way back in 2002 that provided allowance for conversion. The problem with this notion is that there is absolutely no process or allowance whatsoever for such a conversion in the Clean Air Act…for motor vehicles.

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Energy & the Law

JANUARY 3, 2024

As a result of statutes enacted in 2002 implementing a fully competitive retail market for electricity, wholesale power generators cannot own or operate transmission and distribution facilities that carry electricity to retail customers and cannot enter into agreements with retail customers.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 2, 2022

But fortunately, I came across the first edition of the casebook on Wildlife Law that Dale had co-authored in 2002 with Eric Freyfogle (at the University of Illinois). However, it’s not a common class in law schools, and there weren’t a lot of resources available for teachers.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water. Related Article: -- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue [Posted: June 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The South Mountain Partnership recognized the Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Improvements Project in Washington Township, Franklin County with the 2022 Spirit of the South Mountain Award.

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Physics World

AUGUST 27, 2021

Since 2002, he has been a professor of chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. In 1992, he became an assistant professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University, Japan, and then moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, as an associate professor.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

Houtz joined DEP in 2002 in the Pottsville District Mining Office. He follows the retiring John Stefanko, a 38-year veteran of the agency who held numerous positions before serving as Deputy Secretary for the last 13 years. He later transferred to the Moshannon District Mining Office where he served as the District Mining Manager.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 21, 2021

Between 2002 and 2015, the number of wells nearly doubled but they were able to pump out less and less water. In research news, a new study is sounding the alarm on groundwater depletion in Iran. The study was published in the journal Nature. It found a concerning decline in the country’s aquifers.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Plan update, required every five years by Act 220 of 2002, serves as a policy and guidance document providing information, objectives, priorities and recommendations to be considered in a broad range of state, local and private water resource decisions. Language interpretation services are available upon request. on March 3, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 11-12 [PaEN] -- PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 22 -- MorningAgClips: Franklin/Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards Seeking Volunteers, Info Sessions Dec. 12 (In-Person), Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

Tom Ridge: Expanding Partnerships To Clean Up The Susquehanna River And The Chesapeake Bay Beyond [PaEN] -- 1996 - Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2022

The State Board of Education published notice in the July 16 PA Bulletin of final regulations setting education standards for Science, Environment, Ecology, Agriculture, Technology and Engineering Grades K-12 ( PA Bulletin, page 3946 - Preamble, page 3970 - Standards ) This is the first update of these standards since 2002 and they were based on several (..)

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Energy & the Law

MARCH 28, 2023

Co-author Caleb White In a recurring theme, harmony and the four-corners rule were front and center in Citation 2002 Inv. LLC et al v. Occidental Permian, Ltd. et al , a case of competing claims over the granting language in an assignment of oil and gas leases.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2024

By David Hess, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection at the Time of the Rescue On July 24, 2002 miners broke through into an abandoned, water-filled mine flooding the Quecreek Mine with over 150 million gallons of water.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

In July 2002, in the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, miners accidentally breached the wall of an adjacent abandoned, flooded mine. Related Article This Week: -- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue [PaEN] [Posted: July 10, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 25, 2022

Stalin, who served as mayor of Chennai between 1996 and 2002, vowed to fix Chennai’s chronic flooding issues, and has been seen visiting construction sites to ensure proper measures are being taken before next monsoon season. Stalin will personally oversee the infrastructure restoration in Chennai. In Recent Water News.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Since 2002, ACCD and ACALPB have collectively preserved 4,223 acres of farmland in the county. It reduces the economic burden of land ownership and the infrastructure and equipment needed for sustainable and regenerative practices. It also allows proper stewardship of the land,” said Bob Morrow.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 9, 2023

In 2002, amid a severe drought, groundwater levels plunged. In the last year she entered into three-year contracts to lease groundwater from 53 wells, saving nearly 13,000 acre-feet per year. Time was of the essence,” she said. Two years later the Legislature approved a mandate to bring the basin’s aquifers back in balance.

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Energy & the Law

JANUARY 18, 2023

Based on the 2002 partition deeds, Conoco believed Kenneth conveyed all of his surface and mineral rights in Tract B to George, and George conveyed all of his surface and mineral rights in Tract A to Kenneth. Kenneth then leased his ¼ interest in Tract B to Conoco, which was also pooled into the Maurer Unit B.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) added acrylamide to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens in 1990, but acrylamide was not detected in foods until 2002. Acrylamide is not intentionally added to food products but is formed naturally when some foods are cooked or otherwise processed with heat.

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A Greener Life

MAY 23, 2022

The annual increase from 2013 to 2021 is more than double the increase between 1993 to 2002. The fact that oceans store most heat and a large portion of CO2 emissions has contributed to them being more acidic than they’ve ever been for the past 26.000 years. And in just the past decade global sea levels have risen 4.5

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 8, 2023

That substantive list is substantially the same as the original version of TRACI released by EPA in August 2002. The TRACI compilation of environmental effects was the basis of the US Green Building Council’s LEED green building rating program.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In 2002 the then NASA boss Sean O’Keefe renamed the telescope in honour of Webb, who had served as NASA administrator during the Apollo era. The JWST is due to be launched in December. Regarded as a successor to NASA’s Hubble telescope, the JWST was originally known as the Next Generation Space Telescope.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The work led him to sharing the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physics for the detection of cosmic neutrinos. Koshiba famously used the experiment to detect neutrinos from a distant supernova explosion – in the process becoming one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. Neutrino pionner: Takaaki Kajita (Courtesy: ICRR).

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Physics World

MAY 28, 2021

He joined Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in the Condensed Matter Physics Research Department in 1997, and served as director of this department from the end of 2000 to 2002.

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