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Jun 05 2024
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Ecuador World Environment Day
Activists protest outside the country's Constitutional Court to demand an end to so-called 'flares of death" in the Amazon, marking World Environment Day, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Gas flaring occurs when the oil industry burns the by-products of oil extraction releasing methane and other polluting gases. Despite a 2021 court order demanding oil industry's gas burners be
The Daily ReflectorJun 06 2024
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Ohio’s U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson leads drive to toss out new EPA power plant rules
WASHINGTON, D. C. – To U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson, a Zanesville Republican whose central Ohio congressional district includes some of Ohio’s largest natural gas-producing counties, a clean power plan that the Biden Administration announced in April was a dirty deal intended to shut down U.S. power plants. He says the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 demand that existing
Cleveland Plain DealerJun 05 2024
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Virginia to ditch California emission rules, Gov. Youngkin announces
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that Virginia will abandon California’s stringent vehicle emissions rules aimed at reducing carbon pollution at the end of the year when that state’s current regulations expire, citing an attorney general opinion. In response to a request from Youngkin and Senate Republican Leader Ryan McDougle, Attorney General Jason Miyares’ opinion issued Tuesday
Fox 5 DCJun 05 2024
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Bergen Community College: French Embassy Sponsors Summer Study Abroad
Bergen students Victor Minetto, of Elmwood Park; Brianna Miller, of Newark; Daniel Gajee, of Hasbrouck Heights; Joseph Liberti, of Englewood Cliffs; Amelia Urena, of Newark; and Micaela Sterling, of New Milford received a $1,400 from the French Embassy and additional scholarship funds from the Bergen Community College Foundation to support their study abroad experiences. Each of the students
Patch.comJun 05 2024
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Summerfest brings drone show, family-friendly activities Friday to River's Edge
Instead, 200 drones will display moving images and simulate fireworks choreographed to music during the show, which will begin around 9:30 p.m. to wrap up the fourth annual Summerfest. "Last year's drone show was a big hit, and we're happy to bring it back this year," Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh said in a news release. "Drone shows are an environmentally friendly alternative to fireworks;
The Daily NonpareilJun 05 2024
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Team proposes hydrogen as alternative to diesel for long-haul trucks
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: People around the world rely on trucks to deliver the goods they need, and so-called long-haul trucks play a critical role in those supply chains. In the United States, long-haul trucks moved 71% of all freight in
Tech XploreJun 05 2024
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Reducing carbon emissions from long-haul trucks
People around the world rely on trucks to deliver the goods they need, and so-called long-haul trucks play a critical role in those supply chains. In the United States, long-haul trucks moved 71 percent of all freight in 2022. But those long-haul trucks are heavy polluters, especially of the carbon emissions that threaten the global climate. According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MIT NewsJun 05 2024
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New report shows public drinking water systems in NC contaminated with PFAS
At least 2.5 million North Carolinians have drinking water contaminated with harmful chemicals known as PFAS, according to a new report. "I don't want everyday people to have to bear the burden of this when we know that there are companies that have put these pollutants in the water and we know we've got to clean it up," Governor Roy Cooper said. PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals used in
WRALJul 05 2023
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Fireworks-related air pollution reaches dangerous levels in Los Angeles area
Air pollution reached dangerous levels in the Los Angeles area Wednesday morning as fireworks smoke lingered across the region. The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued an air quality alert for L.A., Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties where particulate matter (PM2.5) readings soared into the mid-200s in some locations. Short-term pollution levels, especially in
KTLAJun 05 2024
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‘Forgotten river’ running from MD through DC cleans up — slowly
WASHINGTON — Bruce Holmes, 65, grew up fishing on the Anacostia River, a 9-mile urban waterway that flows through Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C., and has long been defined by pollution and neglect. Back then, Holmes would keep what he caught with his family — usually carp or catfish — and take it home to fry. It was the 1970’s, and he didn’t know how contaminated the water was. “
Maryland Daily Record