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IMAGE: Susan L. Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences and director of the Earth Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State view more
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Susan L. Brantley, distinguished professor of geosciences and director of the Earth Environmental Systems Institute at Penn State, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2021 class of members contains 252 new members who join the more than 13,500 members who have been elected since the Academy was founded in 1780 by the country s founders.
One of the nation s most prestigious honorary societies, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is a leading center for independent and interdisciplinary policy research. Members contribute to Academy publications and studies of science and technology policy; global security and international affairs; social policy and American institutions; and the humanities, arts and education.
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Kimberly Parker, assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received the Ebelmen Award from the International Association of GeoChemistry.
Parker
Parker researches organic chemistry in the natural world as well as engineered systems. Her lab has focused on the fate of pesticides in the ecosystem; the complex chemical reactions during hydraulic fracturing; and other chemistry related to water qualitiy, agriculture and energy.
The Ebelmen Award is given to a geochemist younger than 35 who is of high merit and outstanding promise.
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Biden halts federal oil and gas leasing indefinitely. Focus to shift on renewables January 28, 2021, by Bojan Lepic
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to halt new oil and gas leasing which the Department of the Interior (DOI) claims will “help restore balance on public lands and waters”.
According to a
statement by the DOI, the executive order will also enable job creation and
provide a path to align the management of U.S. public lands and waters with the
country’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
The order will
direct the Department of the Interior to pause new oil and natural gas leasing