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Commonwealth Makes It Easier to Get Low-Interest Loans for High-Impact Energy Efficiency Projects
HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced recently it’s revamped the Green Energy Loan Fund (GELF) to make it easier for commercial property owners to get low-interest loans for large-scale, high-impact energy efficiency projects. Approximately $1.8 million is currently available in funding. “For commercial building owners...Read Full StoryLoan ApplicationSolar Water HeatingGreenhouse Gas EmissionsEnergy SavingsSolar ProjectsFinancingEnergy SystemsCommonwealthGELFEnvironmental JusticePennsylvaniansDEP And Reinvestment FundU.S. Department Of EnergyEsperanza CollegeDrexel UniversityPatrick Mcdonnell
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Top 10 Best Installing Ring Pros 2021
Mount your video doorbell professional flat in opposition to angled siding to optimize your viewing angle and movement detection. Paint the wedges to match your property or your video doorbell professional. Solely works with ring video doorbell professional. doesn’t work with different fashions of ring doorbells similar to ring video...Read Full StoryIphone 11FccCamera LensAll New Ring Stick UpAngle Mount CompatibleKimilarNestPower Supply SwimsuitETESTARGoogleMetal LensKIMILAR AdjustableRing Doorbell SystemRing Doorbell.itRing DoorbellsAlexa
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NAU researchers study sand bars in Grand Canyon ecosystem
FLAGSTAFF -- Grain by grain, sandbars are ecologically important to the Colorado River system for humans and wildlife, scientists say. How sand, silt and clay move along and become deposited within the river corridor in Grand Canyon National Park, downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, has become an important question to a number of government agencies as well as Native American tribes. The answer impacts the entire Colorado River ecosystem and will help scientists better understand how the Colorado River system works.Read Full StoryGrand CanyonRiver BasinSand BarsColorado RiverWater ConservationEarth ScientistsResearch ScientistsFLAGSTAFFNative AmericanPhantom RanchNational Park ServiceDiamond CreekLees FerryNational CanyonChannel Sand StorageNau
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The European Space Agency is developing an autonomous robot to explore the Moon’s caves
Humans aspired to colonize the Moon for centuries, but the celestial body has an extremely hostile environment. The safest locations for settlers could be under the Moon’s surface. The European Space Agency (ESA) believes lunar caves could provide shelter from radiation, micrometeorites, and extreme temperatures — and perhaps even access...Read Full StoryMoonSpace ExplorationAutonomous RobotMarsSpace RadiationSurface WaterThe European Space AgencyDAEDALUSWi-FIESALunar CavesLunar Cave ExplorationEnvironmentWater Ice DepositsObstacles
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Building a stronger Bitterroot through agriculture gathering set for Saturday
Knowledge is empowering and Laura Garber wants to help create a place for people interested in agriculture in the Bitterroot Valley to find it. On Saturday, Garber and bitterrootvalley.org are inviting folks wanting to help build a network of land stewards across the valley to come out to her place to get the conversation started.Read Full StoryRegenerative AgricultureBitterroot ValleyOpen WaterAgricultural PracticesSoil HealthSchool FoodBitterroot AgricultureStronger BitterrootBitterroot RiverGrowersLandownersLand StewardsCrop ResilienceSocietySquare Feet
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'There are going to be a lot of appeals': what Year 11 students really think of the new GCSE plans
This year’s GCSE exams have been cancelled in England, with grades to be determined by teachers. In a statement to MPs last Thursday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed that last year’s controversial algorithm will not be used this summer, with trust placed “firmly in the hands of teachers.”. Teachers will...Read Full StoryEducation SystemPrivate SchoolsUkFinal ExamsSchool TeachersHigh School StudentsEducation And SchoolsCollege StudentsMPsOfqualGovernmentEnglishOxfordGoogleGCSE StudentsGavin Williamson
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Dynamic Dunes On Mars
At first glance this captivating scene peering through wispy clouds and down onto a dune field is reminiscent of a satellite view of one of Earth's deserts, but this is in fact a beautiful landscape on Mars. This spectacular dune field sits in the centre of Lomonosov crater, deep in...Read Full StoryMars RoverMars 2020DuneAtmosphere Of MarsAstronomyEarthLandscapeSurface WaterNASACaSSISNOMADACSKazachokTwitterFacebookRosalind Franklin
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Generations of inspiration help health care worker rise to the COVID-19 challenge
Chandra Weathers got her drive to succeed from two very important women in her life — her mother and grandmother. “They instilled in me a drive to do great things, to make a difference and leave my mark on the world,” Chandra said. Chandra was called to draw on that...Read Full StoryCovid-19Health SystemClinical ResearchHealth Care WorkerPublic HealthDay CareInspirationEducation SystemDepartment Of HealthGenerationsSustainable SolutionsWomenClinical StaffClinical AreasClinical Effectiveness
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One Year Later: COVID-19 And Hamilton County Schools
A lot can happen in a year. Exactly one year ago today, Hamilton County Schools closed its doors and transitioned to remote learning for what we thought would only be two weeks due to the recent appearance of COVID-19 in our state. Our students and staff never returned to school buildings for the rest of the school year, and the way we approach educating our students changed forever.Read Full StoryHamilton County SchoolsCovid-19One Year LaterPublic HealthState SchoolsCommunity SchoolsSchool YearEducation And SchoolsHCSThe State Of The SystemEducational EquityHamilton County CommunityOpen SchoolsSchool BuildingsStudents
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Rocket Mission Conjures a Ghostly Noctilucent Cloud
When the sky is dark and the Sun rests just below the horizon, noctilucent clouds appear like ghosts in the polar skies, silvery and translucent. These shimmering wisps, long confined to the coldest reaches of Earth’s atmosphere near the poles, have been steadily creeping toward lower latitudes, lured by fresh seeps of the icy water crystals that feed them.Read Full StoryNasaArcticAstronomyDark CloudsAtmosphere Of EarthEarth ScientistsThe SunRocket Mission ConjuresPMCSuper SoakerAstraLLCNASAFirst Add Water EarthNoctilucent Clouds