Threats of scorching heat, walls of tumbleweed, and countless critters mean innovation is a must for the facilities manager for LIGO Hanford Observatory.
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In April of last year, while Fermilab scientist Frederique Pellemoine was thinking about taking actions for Earth Day, she realized this would be an opportunity to raise greater awareness of sustainability resources and to promote green earth practices in our community. So she reached out to her department’s Climate Change Initiative team members Kavin Ammigan, Meredith Lee and Yun He to brainstorm ways to promote community engagement in this initiative. That effort led to changing the team’s name to Go…
From The Chicago Sun-Times, December 7, 2021: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will visit and tour Fermilab on Friday with Gov. Pritzker and Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood and Rep. Bobby Rush, the chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Energy subcommittee. The visit aims to highlight how the historic climate investments of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda will help lower energy costs and generate good-paying, union jobs.
From CBS News Chicago, November 8, 2021: In a speech on Sunday delivered by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker at COP26, he cited Illinois as home to the best infrastructure in the U.S. and the top national laboratories like Argonne and Fermilab.