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Category: air pollution
What Happens When the Lights Go Off
Some…..claim that…,,the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) increases the cost of electricity and kills economic growth.
Oil Sands Redux
We need to ensure that inadvertent releases of unhealthy substances from oil sand operations are not overlooked and are properly regulated.
The artistic record of nature
Science and art leave a record of environmental condition, as it affects the human perception of environmental conditions.
What Ever Happened to Acid Rain?
A cap-and-trade program was put into effect by President George H.W. Bush to curtail SO2 emissions from power plants.
The Rockets’ Red Glare
When you are watching fireworks on July 4, remember that you are receiving an increment of air pollution
Old car or new car?
Across a range of size, the energy it takes to manufacture a new car is equivalent to about one year of the energy used to power it.
Let’s have less hot air, more clean air.
Globally, air pollution is estimated to cause 3.3 million premature deaths each year.
Riding contrails to our future
Airplane contrails have little impact on climate, but, contrails are an interesting surrogate for what clouds may do in the future.
In the Ozone
Alas, the size of this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica was among the largest ever.[1] And the remaining ozone layer was exceptionally thin.