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Science Tipoffs from TNS Newsletter for 2024-11-15 ( 5 items ) |
80 Groups to Schumer, Senate Dems: Reject Harmful Pro-Crypto Bill in Ag Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNScapv) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024:
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"Cryptocurrency mining and processing are highly energy-intensive activities that have already buoyed fossil fuel electricity generation and climate-warming carbon emissions."
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Today a coalition of environmental, consumer and public interest groups delivered a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer urging him to prevent pro-cryptocurrency legislation that would worsen cl more PR
American Physical Society: New Discoveries to Be Shared at the World's Largest Fluid Dynamics Conference (10)
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The American Physical Society issued the following news release:
The annual meeting for the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics will begin in less than two weeks, featuring presentations on new research in wind energy, bio-inspired fluid mechanics, environmental flows, and more. The conference will be held in person at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah from Nov. 24-26.
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Food & Water Watch: CPUC Will Vote on Plan to Keep Aliso Canyon Active (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024:
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Food & Water Watch, Impacted Residents Call on Newsom and his CPUC to Oppose Proposal that Would Keep the Dangerous Facility Active
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Today, the California Public Utilities Commission released its proposed decision on the future of the SoCalGas-owned Aliso Canyon gas storage facility. The proposed decision announces that the CPUC does not intend to close the facility by any date cert more PR
Food & Water Watch: EPA Finds Dangerous Nitrate Contamination In IA Urban Drinking Water Supplies (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release:
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Iowa's major urban drinking water supplies are contaminated with levels of toxic nitrates, linked to cancer, that exceed federal safety thresholds, EPA finds
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Des Moines, IA -- EPA has added seven new impaired waterways to Iowa Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) 2024 303(d) Impaired Waters List, bringing the total to 712 impaired water segments. The agency found that Iowa's major urban drinking more PR
Society for Science: MIT Professor Tracy Slatyer to Receive Jon C. Graff, Ph.D. Prize for Excellence in Science Communication (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Society for Science, an organization that promotes the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement, issued the following news release:
Society for Science today announced that Tracy Slatyer, Ph.D., a theoretical physics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has won the $1,000 Jon C. Graff, Ph.D. Prize for Excellence in Science Communication. Now in its sixth year, the award is given to one sci more PR
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