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- It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean Up Californiaās Oil Sites. The Industr... An oil pumpjack stands idle near homes in Signal Hill, California, on Feb. 9. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA recent study found that the cost of cleaning up California's onshore oil and gas industry will be triple the industryās projected profits. The post It Will Cost Up to $21.5 Billion to Clean...
- 3D Printing to the Rescue: Shrinking Vacuum Pumps for Bigger Discoveries The device would be a key component of a portable mass spectrometer that could help monitor pollutants, perform medical diagnoses in remote areas, or test......
- Fossil-Fuel Interests Try to Weaken Global Plastics Treaty Good news:Ā theĀ world is discussing a treaty to stemĀ plasticĀ pollution. Bad news:Ā fossil-fuelĀ interests are trying to weaken it...
- Delta faces a class action lawsuit over its climate commitments Photo by Camilo Freedman / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Delta Air Lines misled customers with its sustainability claims, a new class action lawsuit alleges. The suit was filed in California yesterday and seeks damages for any resident whoās been on a Delta flight since it made a...
- Biology, Vol. 12, Pages 801: Reduced Antibiotic Resistance in the Rhizosphere of... The emergence of antibiotic resistance (AR) poses a threat to the āOne Healthā approach. Likewise, mercury (Hg) pollution is a serious environmental and public health problem. Its ability to biomagnify through trophic levels induces numerous pathologies in humans. As well, it is known that Hg-resistance genes and AR genes are...
- Hondaās electric go-karts pack a race carās spirit into a tiny EV Honda's eGX go-kart. Kristin Shaw These fun vehicles will hit 45 mphāand have more in common with real open-wheel race cars than you might think. The post Hondaās electric go-karts pack a race carās spirit into a tiny EV appeared first on Popular Science....
- How Harmful Are Gas Stove Pollutants, Really? Scientists are lugging sophisticated sensors into homes in 10 cities to measure and track the pollution from gas stoves as it drifts from room to room....
- Richard Revesz and His Agency Are Remaking the Pollution Fight Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change....
- Sustainability, Vol. 15, Pages 8717: A Review on the Characterization and Measur... The carbonaceous particles represent a significant fraction in the particulate matter (PM) and are considered an environmental hazard due to their effects on climate and health. The main goal in this research is to identify and analyze the scope that have been achieved so far on the characterization and measurement...
- Plant-covered roofs could help chill Brazilās heat-stricken favelas Favela do Alemao in Rio de Janeiro. Low-income urban communities like these tend to lack greenery and are more likely to face extreme heat than their wealthier or more rural counterparts. Ratao Diniz/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty ImagesHow one group in Rio de Janeiro teamed up with researchers to adapt green...
- Move over, bees: The lowly weevil is a power pollinator The weevil Anchylorhynchus trapezicollis is the main pollinator of South American palm Syagrus coronata. Here, the weevil is seen on a female flower, touching the receptive parts and leaving pollen grains in the process. Bruno de MedeirosThe long-snouted beetle deserves more buzz for their pollination skills. The post Move over,...
- Supreme Court limits EPA power to police water pollution The ruling curtails the federal government's authority to protect its wetlands from pollution....