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A clean ocean by 2030: UN panel charts “the most direct course”

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These could range from cleaner, more efficient motors and fuels to new forms of remediation and waste management; better ways to monitor, track, and map marine pollutants and progress toward a clean ocean (such as aerial remote sensing, genomics, and hydrophone arrays); and better technologies for emergency cleanup.

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An enduring threat to water?

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Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of emerging contaminants that have been used in a wide array of commercial goods and products since the 1940s. The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) issued a long-term health advisory level of 70 ng/L (for combination of PFOS and/or PFOA)17, which led to 6.5

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Over a Half-million Americans Live Near Oil Refineries With High Levels of a Cancer-causing Air Pollutant, Report Finds

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The report , which draws from government data, raises concerns about the potential health effects on those living near the refineries and the federal enforcement that the high levels of this cancer-causing air pollutant should trigger. Our site cleanup work would have no impact on the ambient air readings you are referring to.”.

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Our Best of 2023 Has Your Holiday Reading Covered

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From the Canada Team Meet the ‘Extreme’ Atlas Network Groups Fighting Canada’s Oil and Gas Emissions Cap By Geoff Dembicki Within hours of Canada’s federal government announcing key details of its plans to cap greenhouse gas emissions within the oil and gas sector, an array of attacks against it started popping up.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

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For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex.

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Scientists Find Appalachian Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Put Endangered Species at Risk Thousands of Times

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“It’s definitely not over, just talk to the folks at Coal River and they will tell you that’s not the case,” said Matt Hepler, an environmental scientist with the environmental group Appalachian Voices , referring to the Coal River Mountain area in southern West Virginia, where coal production has remained relatively high in recent years.

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Earthquakes. Drought. Geysers. Permian Oilfield Water Woes Pile up in West Texas

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“We cannot continue to throw 8 billion barrels of water back down a hole when I’ve got communities begging for water,” Texas state congressman Drew Darby said at the same event, referring to the practice of injecting oilfield waste underground in saltwater disposal wells. “No No longer can we do that. And so what does it take?”.