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Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

Union of Concerned Scientists

The report charts continued progress in several important categories in 2021, including PV module efficiency, system costs, and the prevalence of batteries, which are a more and more important piece of the solar picture. percent for systems installed in 2002 to 20.1 PV modules keep getting more efficient. Much more to come.

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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

And so what this study did was looking at 2002 to 2015 Medicare claims, the authors took advantage of a stark difference in fracking activity between Pennsylvania, where the practice started becoming widespread in 2008, and in New York, where fracking was and still is banned. It also offers a review of trends in research findings.

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EPA: Don’t Delay Strong Rules to Help Prevent Chemical Disasters

Union of Concerned Scientists

On August 27, 2020, strong winds from Hurricane Laura, a category 4 hurricane, damaged buildings at the facility which stored trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA), a chlorinating agent used to kill bacteria in bodies of water, such as swimming pools. This was also not the only incident at a facility owned by BioLab in 2020.

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Research briefing: why are reports of hate crime surging during the Israel-Hamas conflict?

Environmental Progress

‘According to the ADL Center on Extremism, which gathers reports and tracks antisemitic incident data, these 3,291 antisemitic incidents from 10 October 2023 to 7 January 2024 break down into the following categories:’ ‘56 incidents of physical assault.’ ‘554 554 incidents of vandalism.’ 1,347 incidents of verbal or written harassment.’