SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 3 (TNSreact) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release and an Aug. 1, 2022, joint letter: Two hundred conservation, environmental justice, and Indigenous groups have sent a letter to all U.S. Senators urging them to oppose S.J. Res 55. The resolution introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) would undermine core provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations that were recently restored by the Biden administration. The most recent r  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Aug. 3 (TNSpar) -- Auburn University issued the following news: Enhanced collaboration in research, education and workforce development -- these are the key tenets of a five-year memorandum of understanding, or MOU, executed June 26 by Auburn University and Los Alamos National Laboratory, or LANL, where Auburn and LANL personnel will: * Work together to identify opportunities for collaboration on joint research proposals. * Enhance Auburn University's curricula and educationa  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 5 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: A detailed 3D study of a massive electrical discharge that rose 50 miles into space above an Oklahoma thunderstorm has provided new information about an elusive atmospheric phenomenon known as gigantic jets. The Oklahoma discharge was the most powerful gigantic jet studied so far, carrying 100 times as much electrical charge as a typical thunderstorm lightning bolt. The gigantic je  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending July 15, 2022 DNFSB Activity: DNFSB Vice Chair T. Summers was onsite this week accompanied by staff members A. Hutain, and M. Sautman. The Vice Chair visited the Plutonium   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted her request to add Los Alamos and Sandoval counties to New Mexico's wildfire disaster declaration. The amendment to the disaster declaration opens the FEMA Public Assistance Program for Los Alamos and Sandoval counties, which provides supplemental grants to state, tribal, t  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 2 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release and a July 28, 2022, letter: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Monday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted her request to extend the duration of New Mexico's disaster declaration as monsoon season floods continue to impact New Mexicans in wildfire burn scar areas. The extension comes after Gov. Lujan Grisham directly requested that President Joe Biden d  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 5 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Los Alamos and Sandoval counties following the amendment to President Biden's June 8, 2022, major disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of wildfires, straight-line winds, flooding, mudflows and debris flows directly related to the   more