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Alaska Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

Circle of Blue

What had once seemed an impossibility to Cameron, who moved to the coastal community in 2008 from Idaho and began working for the city in 2009, was suddenly her problem to fix: How could you have a drought and water shortages in Alaska? Between 1950 and 2009, the average summer temperature on the upper Kenai Peninsula was 53.6

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Should the official Atlantic hurricane season be lengthened?

Real Climate

2009 ), a quiescent period of volcanic eruptions ( Mann et al. This would have a cooling effect on Atlantic SST, as well as a stabilizing effect on the regional atmosphere ( Dunion and Velden 2004 ), and would be expected to reduce tropical storm formation frequency for some (possibly prolonged) period. 778-781, 2009.

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Independence of German National Regulatory Authority (NRA) called into Question - Case Comment C-718/18 Commission v Germany

Energy and Climate Law

The Court of Justice of the European Union found on 2 September 2021 in case C-718/18 that Germany failed to properly transpose various provisions of the main EU Energy Directives of the Third Energy Package, namely 2009/72 (electricity) and 2009/73 (gas). The court rebuked counter-arguments and assessed that ( para. 64 & 66).

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Where Is The Water Going?

Circle of Blue

Vidovich made headlines – and a lot of enemies – in 2009 by permanently selling rights to 14,000 acre feet of state water from a Kings County water district to southern California for $73 million, according to media reports. It’s really, really not cool,” Vidovich said. . Boswell has also been moving water out of Kings.

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The Missing Piece of the Renewable Energy Revolution

HumanNature

On the other end of the electric grid, advanced technologies can help reduce the amount of energy that is required for basic services like lighting, heating, and cooling. The average electricity consumption per household in the US in 2009 was 11,320 kWh per year [3]. Eia.gov 2009. [4] References: [1] U.S. Today in Energy.

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DEP Issues One Conventional Well Owner 36 Violations For Abandoning Their Conventional Wells; 7 More Violations Issued To Shale Gas Drillers For Abandoning Wells

PA Environment Daily

The shale gas wells were drilled from 2009 to 2013 in the earlier days of the shale gas revolution and never produced. Drilled in 2009 but not produced. [ Response requested by April 11. -- Centre County, Snow Shoe Twp.: DCNR COP Tract 231 A-1000H. Inactive status expired November 7, 2020. Clearview Hunting Club Pad A 4H.

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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches its 2021 Minimum

Ocean Conservancy

This past summer was relatively cool and stormy, which limited the loss of summer sea ice in the Arctic. Since 2007, only 2009, 2013 and 2014 had more ice at the end of the melt season. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. That’s equivalent to the combined size of Texas, California and Montana.

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