Congress passes environmental funding without The Traitor’s deep cuts
2026-01-15
But the bipartisan effort still trimmed climate research and fails to solve agencies’ chronic underfunding. The post Congress passes environmental funding without The Traitor’s deep cuts appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The Traitor administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools
2026-01-15
Senate Bill 1137 establishes a 3,200-foot minimum distance between new oil wells and homes, schools, hospitals, parks and other places where people live, work and gather.Continue Reading
As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’
2026-01-15
The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study. It’s ERCOT’s first attempt at a new planning process in which multiple requests will be considered simultaneously. By Arcelia Martin Texas’ grid operator is developing a new process to evaluateContinue Reading
Sol 4741: Right Navigation Camera, Cylindrical Projection
2026-01-15
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Sol 4728: Right Navigation Camera, Cylindrical Projection
2026-01-15
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Post-COP30, more aggressive policies needed to cap global warming at 1.5 C
2026-01-15
The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in November without a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels and without significant progress in strengthening national pledges to reduce climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions. In aggregate, today’s climate policies remain far too unambitious to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of capping global warming atContinue Reading
MIT Energy Initiative conference spotlights research priorities amidst a changing energy landscape
2026-01-15
“We’re here to talk about really substantive changes, and we want you to be a participant in that,” said Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Climate and Energy in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Energizing@MIT: the MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) Annual Research Conference thatContinue Reading
Sol 4722: Right Navigation Camera, Cylindrical Projection
2026-01-15
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NASA Adds Two F-15 Aircraft to Support Supersonic Flight Research
2026-01-15
3 min read NASA Adds Two F-15 Aircraft to Support Supersonic Flight Research Oregon Air National Guard ground crew guides one of the NASA’s newest F-15 aircraft onto the ramp at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. The retired U.S. Air Force F-15sContinue Reading
Daniel Phoenix
2026-01-15
Daniel Phoenix Senior Data Scientist, Contractor, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Daniel Phoenix earned his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2019. His dissertation topic focused on utilizing numerical simulations to understand the effects of tropopause-overshooting thunderstorms on the chemical composition ofContinue Reading
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science
2026-01-15
4 Min Read NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Wraps Up Space Station Science NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission with agency astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov returned to Earth after a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. During theirContinue Reading
Shan Kowalski
2026-01-15
Shan Kowalski Research Scientist, Contractor, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Shan Kowalski is scientific researcher at NASA Langley Research Center and a mom of two girls. She obtained her M.S. (2007) and Ph.D (2011) in atmosphere science in France. In her M.S. project, sheContinue Reading