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The History of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

June 9, 2024 admin carbon emissions, co2 emissions, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:42:49 +0000

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from human activities are now higher than at any point in our history. In fact, recent data reveals that global CO2 emissions were 182 times higher in 2022 than they were in 1850, around the time the industrial revolution was underway.1 How did we arrive at … [continued]

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Texas Gigafactory Might Have An Oft-Overlooked Pollution Problem

June 4, 2024 admin energy efficiency, led, light pollution, lighting, Manufacturing, pollution, tesla, tesla giga texas

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 01:53:15 +0000

An article at The Cool Down shares the frustrating story of some people who live near Tesla’s Gigafactory near Austin, Texas. The complaint: pollution. But this story isn’t about bad air, bad water, or anything like that. It’s also nothing like the complaints of German environmentalists who’ve been trying every … [continued]

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EPA, CalEPA Release Plan for Joint Enforcement Work to Protect California Communities Overburdened by Pollution

April 29, 2024 admin Air pollution, air quality, California, HEALTH, policy & politics, pollution, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:46:44 +0000

Plan Builds on Groundbreaking Federal-State Partnership Launched through 2021 Environmental Justice-Focused Agreement LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) today released a two-year action plan to collaboratively address environmental justice issues across California by enforcing laws that protect public health and … [continued]

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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Suite of Standards to Reduce Pollution from Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

April 28, 2024 admin Air pollution, american lung association, bluegreen alliance, clean air act, Clean Water Act, Coal, coal ash, coal pollution, Fossil Fuels, Joe Biden, mercury, mercury pollution, michael regan, policy & politics, pollution, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:00:22 +0000

Four final rules deliver on the Biden-Harris Administration’s day-one commitment to lead on climate action and to protect all communities from pollution WASHINGTON — Today, April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a suite of final rules to reduce pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants in order to protect … [continued]

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The (In)Visible Plastic Pollution Problem

April 25, 2024 admin national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, Plastic, policy & politics, pollution, Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:30:15 +0000

WaterPACT Project To Quantify and Reduce Plastic Waste in US Rivers Rivers are nature’s highways, supplying nearby areas with life-sustaining water, nutrients, and biodiversity on their journeys to larger bodies of water. These days, however, they are far from pristine. A harmful substance is making its way down rivers and … [continued]

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Spiro Brings Its Electric Motorcycle Ecosystem To Nigeria

April 23, 2024 admin africa, Air pollution, clean transport, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, motorcycles + scooters, NIGERIA, pollution, spiro

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:22:05 +0000

Spiro has the largest fleet of electric motorcycles on the roads in Africa. Spiro now has over 13,000 electric motorbikes and 40,000 swappable batteries in operation across Benin, Togo, Rwanda, and Kenya. Spiro says, to date, riders have collectively driven almost quarter of a billion kilometers. Spiro also says that, … [continued]

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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean Up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

April 22, 2024 admin chemicals, environmental working group, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, pfas, policy & politics, pollution, press releases, us environmental protection agency (epa), Water

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:49:56 +0000

EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities WASHINGTON — Today, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking another step in its efforts to protect people from the health risks … [continued]

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From Instant Grits to Polymers: Scientist Kat Knauer Is Laser Focused on Plastics Pollution

March 13, 2024 admin national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, Plastic, plastic pollution, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:56:35 +0000

Polymer Scientist Applies Scientific Method To Solve Greatest Environmental Challenges While Making Lives Better Kat Knauer enjoyed science classes as a young girl but her understanding that science could be used as an instrument for good was solidified when a beloved family member grew ill. Her childhood dog, Penny, was … [continued]

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Whether Powered By Electrons Or Molecules, Automobiles Are A Curse

March 12, 2024 admin bicycles, cities, city planning, clean transport, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, pollution, traffic deaths, Urban Planning, walkable cities

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 19:05:58 +0000

Electric automobiles are all well and good but don’t address the problem of too many cars and trucks clogging our roads and cities.

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Europe’s Luxury Cruise Ships Emit As Much Toxic Sulphur As 1 Billion Cars — Study

June 19, 2023 admin air quality, Barcelona, civitavecchia, cruise ships, Europe, nox emissions, pm2.5, pollution, ports, research, sox emissions, Spain, sulphur

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 07:24:57 +0000

Cruise ship pollution around ports higher than pre-pandemic levels, but air pollutants from cruise ships fell 80% in Venice following the city’s ban on large ships

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