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Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

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In the presence of the sun’s rays, nitrogen molecules set of a chain of reactions that produce ozone and destroy free-floating atmospheric methane. Some of these reactions, like the methane destruction, help cool the Earth. Clouds form and then fade, and molecules like ozone get destroyed by chemical processes within months. (In

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

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Less than 3% of excess pollution violations — collectively responsible for 500 million pounds of illegal air pollutants — resulted in penalties between 2011 and 2016, the group found. On clear nights, he says, he can see the flares burning, releasing a gas cocktail of carbon monoxide and methane. Credit: Julie Dermansky.