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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 […]
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S.
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S. The EPA can change that. Your hotdogs and burgers may be doing more than feeding friends at a barbeque. Large-scale factory farms and confined feedlot operations have become the biggest source of water pollution in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to […]
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, […]
Water and Cadillac Deserts
Water and Cadillac Deserts California Aqueduct near Kettleman City. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. My lengthy experience at the US Environmental Protection Agency brought me face to face with the terrors of our “modern” times. One of those awful realizations was that the leaders of America – and the leaders of other countries — are not […]
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Refusal to Release Public Documents on Expanded Use of Antibiotics As Pesticides
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Refusal to Release Public Documents on Expanded Use of Antibiotics As Pesticides More Information Sought on CDC’s Concerns of Increased ‘Superbug’ Threat WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today for refusing to release public documents related to its approval of expanded use of antibiotics as agricultural pesticides. Overuse of […]
Playing Role of Pesticide ‘Cheerleader,’ EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup
Playing Role of Pesticide ‘Cheerleader,’ EPA Rebukes Calif. With Ban on Warning Labels for Roundup “It’s the Environmental Protection Agency, not the pesticide protection agency.” “It’s a little bit sad,” said Brett Hartl, government affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, “the EPA is the biggest cheerleader and defender of glyphosate.” (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has clearly documented the multiple risks — despite repeated dismissals from the oil and gas industry — that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses to drinking water supplies. However, the tables may be turning: Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and […]
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 […]
The toxic price of convenience
The toxic price of convenience As many as 110 million Americans may be drinking water contaminated by a toxic class of chemicals that according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are used in “stain- and water-repellent fabrics, nonstick products (e.g., Teflon), polishes, waxes, paints, cleaning products, and fire-fighting foams (a major source of groundwater […]
The Great Danger of Anthropocentricity
The Great Danger of Anthropocentricity Photo by Becker1999 | CC BY 2.0 Evincing an almost unbelievable ignorance of environmental science, last week Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump’s head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, told reporters “we know humans have most flourished during times of warming trends. So I think there are assumptions made that […]
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 […]
Monsanto Claims A Breach Of Its Constitutional Rights
MONSANTO CLAIMS A BREACH OF ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS The Monsanto Company is again under fire as a recent report states that Glyphosate, the main ingredient in the company’s money-making Roundup herbicide, is the most widely used herbicide chemical in the world. Studies have suggested that this chemical is a possible human carcinogen. In fact, the […]
