Fecal Dust From Cattle Feedlots Are Choking Texas Communities

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:29:38 +0000

The Texas Observer reports that fecal dust is choking the communities living in the Texas Panhandle, and the state’s regulatory agency isn’t helping the issue. The Texas Panhandle produces a fifth of the U.S. beef supply

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“A Nationwide Fracking Ban Would Be Invaluable For Human Health” — Physicians For Social Responsibility Applauds First Proposed Nationwide Ban On Fracking

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:40:29 +0000

Washington, D.C.—Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) applauded the first legislative proposal for a nationwide ban on fracking for natural gas and related operations, including extraction, processing, transport and export

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108 Million Americans Live In Areas That Had 100+ Days Of Polluted Air In 2018

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 22:58:07 +0000

One-third of all Americans live in areas that suffered through at least 100 days of poor air quality due to air pollution in 2018, according to a new report by Environment America Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and U.S. PIRG Education Fund

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Suzuki, Jeep, & Volvo May Have Cheated EU Emissions Tests

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 04:18:33 +0000

The Dutch road authority ruled last Thursday that Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep Grand Cherokee and Suzuki’s Vitara diesel models broke emissions rules and if they are not fixed, these automakers will be banned from selling vehicles in Europe. The EU isn’t playing

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Birds & Oceans & Wildfires, Oh My! How Machine Learning Is Changing Climate Research

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 23:35:52 +0000

The varied techniques and technologies in the category of machine learning have become much more accessible to many more researchers and are enabling massive gains in climate and environmental research. Global policy and local budgetary and response practices are increasingly informed by this transformative approach. 

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Tesla Is Cutting Millions Of Tons Of CO2 Pollution, & Threatening A Multi-Trillion-Dollar Industry

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 04:31:12 +0000

Tesla indicates there has been no “unintended acceleration” in its vehicles (aside from unintended acceleration caused by the drivers accidentally stepping on the accelerator pedal, which happens occasionally in all vehicles). However, something else destructive might have been intended by unintended acceleration claims, and not by Tesla

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Union of Concerned Scientists: Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution From Vehicles in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:58:14 +0000

Asian American, African American, and Latino residents in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region are exposed to substantially more air pollution from cars, trucks, and buses than other demographic groups

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Top 3 Advantages of EVs

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:53:18 +0000

There are many electric vehicle (EV) advantages, but the top benefit according to EV drivers in survey after survey is the environmental benefit of driving electric. Our friends at Third Row Podcast recently broke that out into three distinct advantages. Those advantages are that they are energy efficient, reduce air pollution, and help prevent climate change

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Help CleanTechnica Create A New Section — Key Renewable Energy Articles

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 15:00:44 +0000

CleanTechnica has posted 40,000 articles since 2008, written by hundreds of authors. In these, there are many that have covered current events, many that are instructional/timeless, and many that provide useful comparative knowledge such as renewable vs fossil fuel costs

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