E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will ...
Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution
By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...
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EPA considers Ann Arbor’s Gelman plume for list of nation’s most serious contamination sites
The Gelman plume has been contaminating the groundwater of Scio Township and Ann Arbor since the 1960s with possible ...
Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known ...
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Ship-pollution cuts have an electrifying effect: less lightning at sea
A crackdown on sulfur in ship fuel is linked to a steep drop in thunderclouds in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea.
‘Herculean effort’: These port communities have waited decades for clean air. Why a new plan may fall short
The LA and Long Beach ports are the region's biggest sources of air pollution. Groups representing 400,000 residents say new ...
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Global PM2.5 inequality: a new framework for air pollution and ecology
A pioneering study has introduced an innovative framework to evaluate global inequalities in Particulate Matte (PM2.5) ...
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What we know and what we can do about Dhaka’s deadly air
From 25th January 2025 to 23rd February 2025, IQAIR data shows Dhaka’s air was unhealthy for 18 days, very unhealthy for 15 ...
The Cool Down on MSN10d
Scientists develop new material that could make buildings safer in earthquakes — here's how it works
The foam makes air pockets in the concrete matrix. Scientists develop new material that could make buildings safer in ...
The Conversation10d
America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore
The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a ...
Earth.com11d
Airborne microplastics: Where they come from and where they go
Rather than being a source, the ocean appears to be a sink, in which 15 percent of all airborne microplastics are deposited.
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Majority of the world’s population breathes dirty air, report says
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a ...