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Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017

Scientific American

The flare may have been accompanied by a plasma eruption now headed toward Earth

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Endesa importó a España "carbón de sangre" de minas colombianas entre 2010 y 2017

Corp Watch

Endesa importó a España "carbón de sangre" de minas colombianas entre 2010 y 2017 El Confidencial PaulaR Thu, 09/28/2023 - 21:17 Sunday, May 27, 2018 Read more Antonio Villarreal & Daniele Grasso Es noticia

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DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017

PA Environment Daily

From 2017 to 2022, shale gas operators sent a total of 911,006 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal. That amount is down from the 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM (Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) sent in 2021.

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DEP Inspection Finds Two Repsol Oil & Gas Shale Gas Wells Venting Natural Gas To Atmosphere, Defective Well Casing/Cementing In Susquehanna County; Violations Continue From May 2017

PA Environment Daily

The inspection reports note these violations at this location for these two wells have continued since they were first discovered on May 23, 2017. The DEP inspection found defective well casing and cementing the operator failed to report to the agency and failed to correct within 30 days.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reaffirms and Extends Landmark 2017 Public Trust Decision

Acoel

As discussed in an earlier blog , it was not until 2017 that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court used Section 27 to hold a statute unconstitutional. On July 21, 2021, the state’s Supreme Court reaffirmed and extended its 2017 holding. A once-obscure area of environmental law is gaining in importance.

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How energy storage made headlines in 2017

Edouard Stenger

2017 will remain for me the year energy storage broke ground. But wind works at a maximum 35% of the time for onshore and perhaps 45% for offshore wind. Solar PV is even lower, with 20 to 30% capacity factor. So, backup solutions are being sought. Here is a summary of news that got my interest in the past few months.

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Climate Change Is Turning California’s Wildfire Season into Wildfire Year

Union of Concerned Scientists

Until 2017, winter wildfires in California didn’t burn much area. In 2017, however, a record number of fires burned during the winter months. A cycle of climate impacts throughout the year can compound to create dangerous conditions, like we saw ahead of 2017’s unprecedented winter wildfires (Fig. Winter wildfires.