Today, NOAA-supported scientists announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 3,275 square miles. That's more than 2 million acres ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2022
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The Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct helicopter overflights to look for methane "super emitters" in the nation's largest oil and gas producing region.
Environment
Aug 3, 2022
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To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty West Texas crossroads of Lenorah appears unremarkable, similar to tens of thousands of oil and gas operations scattered throughout the oil-rich Permian Basin.
Environment
Jul 28, 2022
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When it comes to climate change, are cows as bad as cars? Probably not, says Dr. Frank Mitloehner, University of California, Davis researcher and air quality specialist. He asserts that meat and dairy animals are not major ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2022
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US President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday a series of executive measures to combat climate change, in an effort to push forward an environmental agenda stalled by an unsupportive Congress and a conservative Supreme Court.
Environment
Jul 20, 2022
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A Penn State-led research collaboration set out to improve the understanding of indoor ozone concentrations by modeling how the pollutant interacts with common indoor surfaces.
Materials Science
Jul 19, 2022
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Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy, leaders of a small Sonoma Valley city seem to have done just that when they questioned the approval process for a new gas station—eventually halting ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2022
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Air quality planning agencies in the U.S. Great Lakes region now include high-resolution NASA satellite data and near real-time Earth observations in their ozone pollution assessments. Creating models that accurately predict ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 12, 2022
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On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its ruling on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), limiting the EPA's authority under a provision of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2022
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A new interactive Climate Opportunity Map, developed by scholars at Brown University, allows users to enter any United States zip code to learn about what potential benefits await communities if the U.S. were to actively ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2022
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