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There’s a puzzling quirk in the federal government’s announcement published today outlining a new environmental study of the new Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement project (CMRR) at Los Alamos. From… Read more »

Congressional bipartishanship appears to have found common ground: money for nukes. An otherwise largely unadorned continuing resolution passed by the House and Senate last night and signed by the president… Read more »

I wasn’t thinking about Cliff Crawford yesterday during a bike ride through the bosque, so much as trying to think like him. As I documented elsewhere, yesterday was “World Rivers… Read more »

The folks at the Knoxville News Sentinel know whereof the economy of the Oak Ridge region is funded. In an editorial yesterday, they praise the proposed arms control deal with… Read more »

The New Mexico Environment Department issued a “boil water” order this afternoon (Fri. 9/24) for the community of Estancia’s water system.     From the NMED announcement (pdf here):  … Read more »

Some readings from around the Internet: APS middle school teacher Scot Key has the real story behind Open House. Michael Levi on why the UN doesn’t get that climate change… Read more »

With 1.7 inches of rain at the Albuquerque airport today (as of 8:30 p.m.), this is the sixth wettest day since record-keeping began at the current location in the 1930s,… Read more »

If you’re in New Mexico and on the Twitter (aren’t all the cool kids these days?), I recommend following Kerry Jones at the National Weather Service on days like today,… Read more »

It almost goes without saying at this point, but yet another report from federal safety auditors is raising questions about Los Alamos National Laboratory’s aging Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR)… Read more »

We’ve got stormy weather in the forecast for the next few days in New Mexico, but don’t expect it to last.     The latest info from the National Weather… Read more »

Some morning reading from around the ‘Net:   Global warming’s up side – a drop in plague cases? Jeff Bingaman’s taking another stab at a renewable energy standard. From the… Read more »

Some interesting reading from around the ‘Net:   The discovery of a plutonium-contaminated pipe is slowing a Los Alamos lab cleanup project. The fate of the teetering Western Climate Initiative… Read more »