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Sept. 15, 2020

AIPG NATIONAL NEWS

AIPG National Executive Committee and Advisory Board virtual meetings AIPG The AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting will be a hybrid meeting held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Two Advisory Board meetings will be held that afternoon. Some of the AIPG National Executive Committee will be attending the meetings at the AIPG National Headquarters office building conference room in Westminster, Colorado but due to social distancing, we are unable to have anyone else attend in person. All the meetings will be held virtually via Webex. Information for attending the virtual meetings will be available soon. The AIPG Advisory Board Virtual Meetings are 1-2:45 p.m. and 2:45-4 p.m. The first advisory board meeting is for section discussions. The second advisory board meeting is primarily for the election of the 2021 Advisory Board Delegates to the AIPG 2021 National Executive Committee. READ MORE

2021 AIPG membership renewal now available AIPG Log in to your membership record and select renew now. Annual membership dues are due and payable January 1, 2021, in accordance with Article 8, Section 8.2.1, of the Bylaws.

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AIPG SECTION EVENTS

AIPG Pennsylvania Section — BCONE Virtual Regulatory Roundtable, September 29 AIPG Our friends at BCONE have offered us free registration to their upcoming Regulatory Roundtable event on September 29, 2020. The event will focus on recent changes to the PA DEP Management of Fill Policy. Event details are provided below. If you would like to attend, enter the code “SEPT2020BCONE” at registration. READ MORE

AIPG Minnesota Section Monthly Webcast AIPG The AIPG Minnesota Section is now webcasting our Technical Talk Series that runs monthly September through May. We are happy to extend the invitation to all AIPG members. READ MORE

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

SEPT. 15-20 Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists 2020 Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon MORE INFO SEPT. 23 Energy Exposition 2020 MORE INFO SEPT. 29 AIPG Pennsylvania Section — BCONE Virtual Regulatory Roundtable MORE INFO OCT. 17 AIPG National Executive Committee and Advisory Board Virtual Meetings MORE INFO NOV. 10-13 Virtual Shale Resource Plays of Oklahoma Workshop MORE INFO JUNE 14-16, 2021 10th Annual AIPG Michigan Section Technical Workshop Environmental Risk Management Workshop Roscommon, Michigan MORE INFO OCT. 23-26, 2021 2021 AIPG National Annual Conference Sacramento, California MORE INFO

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INDUSTRY NEWS

NASA monitors carbon monoxide from California wildfires NASA NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), aboard the Aqua satellite, captured carbon monoxide plumes coming from California wildfires last week. There were 28 major wildfires burning across the state as of Sept. 14. This includes the August Complex Fire, which started on Aug. 17 and has since burned over 471,000 acres, making it the largest fire on record in California. READ MORE

Volcanic ash may have a bigger impact on the climate than we thought University of Colorado at Boulder via ScienceDaily When volcanoes erupt, these geologic monsters produce tremendous clouds of ash and dust — plumes that can blacken the sky, shut down air traffic and reach heights of roughly 25 miles above Earth's surface. A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that such volcanic ash may also have a larger influence on the planet's climate than scientists previously suspected. READ MORE

Lab-grown diamond morphs from yellow to pink Rapaport The International Gemological Institute (IGI) recently graded a 10.06-carat, fancy-vivid-pink lab-grown diamond that had previously been submitted as a fancy-intense yellow. The stone, which IGI had already fully assessed and graded in its original state, was returned in July for a second round, the lab said Tuesday. READ MORE

Volcanoes on Venus? Geology.com Venus is the closest planet to Earth. However, the surface of Venus is obscured by several layers of thick cloud cover. These clouds are so thick and so persistent that optical telescope observations from Earth are unable to produce clear images of the planet's surface features. Researchers expected topography data to reveal volcanic features on Venus, but they were surprised to learn that at least 90% of the planet's surface was covered by lava flows and broad shield volcanoes. They were also surprised that these volcanic features on Venus were enormous in size when compared to similar features on Earth. READ MORE

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