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Replacing California’s Oldest and Dirtiest Cars Will Save Money and Lives

Union of Concerned Scientists

Older vehicles pollute more and are a fraction of those on the road Beginning with model year 2004, California has implemented Low-Emission Vehicle (LEVII) tailpipe pollution standards for passenger vehicles. These pollutants react in the atmosphere to form harmful particulate matter pollution known as PM 2.5. Combining the PM 2.5

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Top Three Findings from the Latest UCS Survey of Federal Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is our tenth version of the survey since 2004 and, to our surprise and delight, while challenges remain, the widespread consensus is that scientists in the federal government feel more positive about their workplaces now than they have at any other time we have administered the survey.

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Sorcery, Magic, and a Bit Of Alchemy? Creating Water

Acoel

A few decades ago, the concept of atmospheric water management, geo-engineering, or weather modification might well have been characterized as a form of sheer alchemy, magic, or sorcery. Cloud seeding (atmospheric water management) an example of planned modification, airborne sediment (contaminated or otherwise) an example of inadvertent.

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Ask a Scientist: New UCS Federal Scientist Survey Shows Real Progress

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to the results of a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) survey released late last month, federal scientists are now working in a more supportive environment than any other time since UCS began administering such surveys back in 2004. Over the next four years, 15,000 more scientists added their names in support.

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Luzerne County Native Dr. Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada

PA Environment Daily

Moran says her experience of co-leading a 2004 expedition of the first scientific drilling in the Arctic Ocean to obtain sediment and rock samples for climate change research was another cornerstone—partly for proving that drilling could occur in the middle of a moving ice-covered ocean, but mostly due to the results of the research.

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DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

PA Environment Daily

AFIG grants are awarded for projects in three categories: Vehicle Retrofit and/or Purchasing; Refueling Infrastructure; and Innovative Technology. DEP administers the AFIG Program under the Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Act of 2004, originally established under Act 166 of 1992. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

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Book review : Regeneration by Paul Hawken

Edouard Stenger

Eventually, CO2 levels in the atmosphere would return to 350 ppm. This volume has become one of my favorites among the many I have read on climate and sustainability issues since I started back to 2004 (check the list there ). No, current technologies and future inventions will be needed and welcomed.