Tag: fine particulates
Earth Day In The Philippines Overshadowed By Toxic Smoke From A Burning Dumpsite
Earth Day is supposed to be a moment to take stock of environmental progress. To celebrate the wins and track the distance still to go. This year in the Philippines, that reckoning has taken on a far more literal shape. As official Earth Day activities unfold across the country, a … [continued]
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Boreal Orders 20 Candela Electric Ferries For Use In Norway
Norwegian company Boreal has ordered a fleet of electric fast ferries from Candela to replace diesel powered ships.
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Landfill Panic vs System Reality: What Wind & Solar Actually Displace
Claims about wind turbines and solar panels filling landfills are circulating again, often framed as a rediscovered flaw in clean energy that somehow offsets its benefits. The argument is familiar. Wind turbine blades are large, solar panels contain glass and metals, and at the end of their lives these materials … [continued]
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EPA Cooks The Books On Industrial Pollution Costs
The EPA has now decided it will no longer calculate the cost of fossil fuel pollution on human health in the US.
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The Long US Goodbye to New Gas Connections and the Legal Tools States Are Using to Get There
Gas bans in new buildings moved from obscure municipal policy to national legal conflict in a remarkably short period of time. For most of the past decade, city ordinances limiting or prohibiting new natural gas hookups were treated as a local matter tied to building codes, air quality, and long … [continued]
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