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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” As our civilization begins the slow process of jettisoning fossil energy, logging interests assure us that wood products are not a retrogression but a way forward. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested.

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Secrets of a long partnership in gas detection (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

This included appropriate gas detectors connected to a controller with logging capability and a live display of gas levels. In recent years, the effects of vehicular air pollution on human health have become better understood, and received greater political and media attention. Developing market example: car parking facilities.

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

DeSmogBlog

It also birthed a class of oil barons whose wealth and conservative political interests shaped national politics and popularized Texas culture in movies and TV shows. Those left behind tend to be poorer and have less political power. Harris County, where Channelview is located, was the main beneficiary of this evolution.