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Scientists Create Open Source Technology to Track Plastic Pollution

Yale E360

Using GPS and satellite tags inside plastic bottles, scientists have found that plastic pollution can travel thousands of miles in just a few months. Their project, published this week in the journal PLOS ONE , tracked one bottle over 1,768 miles in 94 days. Read more on E360 ?.

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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24

PA Environment Daily

Shell exceeded its rolling 12-month total emission limitations for volatile organic compounds (VOC) beginning in October 2022 through April 2023, carbon monoxide (CO) from February through March 2023, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from December 2022 through April 2023, and Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) from December 2022 through April 2023.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

21 Pollution Prevention: Discover Green Sustainable Pathway Technologies Webinar [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center, Partners Host 7-Part, Online Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Tools Workshops Starting Sept. 15 In Washington County [PaEN] -- WeConservePA Hosts Aug.

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Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development

Science Blogs

Pollution: not “an unavoidable consequence” of development. News outlets are referring to a report released yesterday by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. For example, the committee's analysis indicates: An estimated 9 million deaths in 2015 can be attributed to air, water, and soil pollution. million on roadways.

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87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

100,000 Grant To Treat Acid Mine Drainage In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center, Partners Host 7-Part, Online Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Tools Workshops Starting Sept.

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What’s in Store for 2024? Here Are Our 10 Environmental Predictions for the New Year

Enviromental Defense

At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action, plastic waste, toxic chemicals and biodiversity conservation. Renewable solar and wind are the cheapest forms of electricity and they don’t pollute. Learn more and take action at stopthe413.ca. You can read more here. You can learn more here.

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Environmental groups enter legal fight over regulation of plastics pollution

Enviromental Defense

Industry opposition to regulating plastics is out of step with science and public opinion. OTTAWA | Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental groups are jumping into the legal fray to support the federal government as it fends off an industry-led lawsuit challenging its efforts to regulate plastic pollution.