DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Many pesticides release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a precursor to ground-level ozone that acts as a powerful greenhouse gas. In addition, they disrupt soil microbes, which play a critical role in the ability of soils to sequester carbon. By degrading soil health, agrochemicals limit the capacity of soils to store carbon.

Building Energy Monitoring 97

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor 97

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? EPA historically has identified "critical population sub-groups" in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. Policy & Politics.

Pollution 468

Pollution Health Politics Policy 468

Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

The Environmental Defense Fund, the American Forest Foundation, American Forests, and TNC are also members of the Forest-Climate Working Group, a political advocacy organization, alongside scores of wood product companies, including Enviva and Drax, biomass energy behemoths whose carbon-intensive operations have polluted U.S.

Logging 96

Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 96

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards.

Health 28

Health Politics Pollution Policy 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

How can environmental justice best be advanced in the current political moment that is part of a greater historical transition to a non-white population majority by the mid-2040s? EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards.

Pollution 28

Pollution Health Politics Policy 28

Green Market Oracle

APRIL 22, 2020

We are burning less coal and this has reduced acid rain and by eliminating CFCs we are helping the ozone hole to recover. While the coronavirus highlights the economic and political weaknesses of our system, it also illustrates the the speed and scale at which governments can respond. We have shown that we can make a difference.

Earth Day 84

Earth Day Politics Ozone Fossil fuels 84

Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

After Toledo’s water crisis, Ohio went further, passing a law that prohibits farms in the western Lake Erie region from applying fertilizer on frozen or rain-saturated soil. But here, too, most fertilizer runoff efforts are voluntary — and exceptions undercut the state’s 2015 ban. The state sets no phosphorus cap for most farms.

Agriculture 122

Agriculture Pollution Soil Health 122