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EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills and urban areas, researchers find
EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills and urban areas, researchers find Methane emissions for 2019 from 70 individual landfills that report methane emissions of 2.5 Gg a−1 or more to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) for 2019 and for which the TROPOMI inversion provides site-specific information. Credit: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2024). DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-5069-2024 The Environmental Protection Agency […]
EPA Finds Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Systems Across the US
EPA Finds Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water Systems Across the US The Environmental Protection Agency discovered toxic, cancer-causing “forever chemicals” in water systems across the country. The Aug. 17 finding comes after the U.S. Geological Survey found in July that perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS, were found in 45 percent of water taps in […]
Exploring the Massive Clean Energy Boondoggle of Burning Trees as Carbon Neutral
Exploring the Massive Clean Energy Boondoggle of Burning Trees as Carbon Neutral To the shock of everyone with any semblance of common sense, we are clearcutting forests and burning the trees based on the idea the process is carbon neutral. Image from Smithsonian article below EPA Declared That Burning Wood Is Carbon Neutral In 2018, […]
Limiting EPA’s Power To Regulate Climate-Changing Gases
Supreme Court To Consider Limiting EPA’s Power To Regulate Climate-Changing Gases The ruling could challenge the Biden administration’s plan to curb carbon emissions right after a key White House proposal died in Congress. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a set of cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, potentially […]
U.S. Government Knew Climate Risks in 1970s, Energy Advisory Group Documents Show
U.S. Government Knew Climate Risks in 1970s, Energy Advisory Group Documents Show The National Petroleum Council, once chaired by former Exxon chief Lee Raymond, has long advised the U.S. government on energy issues. Documents show it downplayed fossil fuels’ role in climate change. Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A series of newly discovered documents clarify […]
Glyphosate is Good for You and You are a POS for not Agreeing
Glyphosate is Good for You and You are a POS for not Agreeing While having an interesting discussion on the concerns of Monsanto’s widely used biocide glyphosate, better known as Round Up, I stumbled onto a corporate land mine. I received a torrent of vulgar insults, veiled threats and a blistering critique of my reputation […]
EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico
EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico Originally published on www.truthout.org (republished with permission) Environmentalists are warning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its draft plan to continue allowing oil and gas companies to dump unlimited amounts of fracking chemicals and wastewater directly into the Gulf of Mexico is […]
Is The U.S. Using Force To Sell Its LNG To The World?
Is The U.S. Using Force To Sell Its LNG To The World? The Trump Administration trade policy is nowhere so clear as in the energy area. For years it was thought that the younger Bush Administration was one of the most energy industry friendly in history. But the Trump Administration has gone far beyond that. […]
The Perils of Plastic Pollution
The Perils of Plastic Pollution Plastics are found in the products we use every day: the toys we give our children, the clothing we wear, the disposable cups we drink from, the automobiles we make, the straws we use, the list goes on. Cheap and easy to make, plastic goods and plastic production have exploded […]
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It The US federal government still strongly pushes corn- and soy-based ethanol despite the EPA’s new study showing its harmful effects. When the elected officials and bureaucrats who run a government want to stack the deck in favor of a politically connected special […]
Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas 60% Higher Than EPA Estimates, New Study Finds
Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas 60% Higher Than EPA Estimates, New Study Finds Each year, oil and gas industry operations in the U.S. are leaking roughly 60 percent more methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, into our atmosphere than previous estimates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which relied heavily on self-reporting by the industry. That’s the conclusion of […]
EPA Staff Say the Trump Administration Is Changing Their Mission From Protecting Human Health and the Environment to Protecting Industry
EPA Staff Say the Trump Administration Is Changing Their Mission From Protecting Human Health and the Environment to Protecting Industry The Environmental Protection Agency made news recently for excluding reporters from a “summit” meeting on chemical contamination in drinking water. Episodes like this are symptoms of a larger problem: an ongoing, broad-scale takeover of the […]
EPA head Scott Pruitt says global warming may help ‘humans flourish’
EPA head Scott Pruitt says global warming may help ‘humans flourish’ EPA administrator says ‘There are assumptions made that because the climate is warming that necessarily is a bad thing’ Scott Pruitt: ‘It’s fairly arrogant for us to think we know exactly what [the ideal surface temperature] should be in 2100.’ Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA Scott […]
EPA Division That Studies the Health Risks of Toxic Chemicals is in a Fight For Its Life–Against the EPA
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images EPA DIVISION THAT STUDIES THE HEALTH RISKS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IS IN A FIGHT FOR ITS LIFE — AGAINST THE EPA A SMALL BUT vitally important program within the Environmental Protection Agency is in a fight for its life. The Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, is the only division of […]
EPA Orders Testing for GenX Contamination Near Chemours Plant in West Virginia
EPA ORDERS TESTING FOR GENX CONTAMINATION NEAR CHEMOURS PLANT IN WEST VIRGINIA The Teflon Toxin DuPont introduced GenX in 2009 to replace PFOA, also known as C8, a chemical it had used for decades to make Teflon and other… THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY has asked Chemours to test water near its plant in West Virginia […]
