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Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

Grist

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. percent of total warming in 2011 on aviation alone — which may sound small, but the number has been growing fast. It’s tough to pin down the meaning of all this chemistry.

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Geoengineering’s gender problem could put the planet at risk

Grist

They presented their plans to the public at the British Science Festival in the fall of 2011 — and triggered a “ fiasco,” as an editorial in the journal Nature described it. Known as the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering, or Spice, project, it was run by three U.K. government to cancel the trial.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

According to a report by nonprofit advocacy groups Environment Texas and the Environmental Integrity Project, polluters in Texas were fined for less than 3% of the nearly 25,000 illegal releases between 2011 and 2016. The visits were usually brief, according to four TCEQ reports filed between March 2011 and October 2012.

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

DeSmogBlog

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. By early June, the monitors registered a three-hour spike in ozone levels, which, if sustained over time, Nye said, would exceed federal guidelines.

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Ohio officials know how to stop Lake Erie from turning toxic, but no one will do it

Grist

Since 2011, the state has spent more than $3 billion on it, largely to upgrade sewage and drinking water plants. To protect its residents from microcystins , cyanobacteria toxins that can sicken people, Toledo has spent $53 million on an under-construction ozone treatment system, $6.2

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New data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals

Grist

Ozone, which can aggravate lung diseases including asthma and emphysema, was well above the EPA’s eight-hour limit. According to a report by Environment Texas and the Environmental Integrity Project, polluters in Texas were fined for less than 3 percent of nearly 25,000 illegal chemical releases between 2011 and 2016. Mark Felix.