World's largest steerable telescope nears completion at Green Bank
The 75 million Robert C Byrd Green Bank Telescope at Green Bank Observatory Neared completion after almost a decade of work. It stands 485 feet tall with a 100 by 110 meter dish and aims to study galaxies stars and interstellar chemistry. The project is led by NSF director Rita Colwell and NASA administrator Daniel Goldin with Sen. Byrd funding.
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Robert C. Byrd
Green Bank
National Science Foundation
Rita Colwell
NASA
Daniel Goldin
Sen. Byrd
D-W.va
Green Bank Observatory
Colwell
Deer Creek Valley
Washington Monument
Earth
Phil Jewell
Jewell
Mark McKinnon
Milky Way
McKinnon
Byrd
Sterling
Comsat
Federal Communications Commission
Surface mines exempted in stream protection policy
Charleston AP report: West Virginia Environmental Quality Board adds exemptions to the anti degradation policy shielding surface mines with federal dredging permits. Board boosts trigger for reviews to 10 percent pollution rise, with new plants at 20 percent. Industry and environmental groups critique exemptions and call for rewriting the rule before submission to state offices.
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State Environmental Quality Board
State Division of Environmental Protection
DEP
Jeremy Muller
West Virginia Rivers Coalition
Karen Price
West Virginia Manufacturers Association
Price
Secretary of State
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia
Verizon strike ends as repairs and orders backlog eyed
Verizon Communications, after a long walkout by 35,000 union workers and subsequent regional settlements, returns to work. The company aims to clear 230,000 delayed repair requests and 200,000 orders within about a month while focusing on service and internet-era efficiency.
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Virginia
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