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Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 26, 2022
Depending on the nature and extent of the damage, the plant could experience one or more core meltdowns or spent nuclear fuel pool fires, which could trigger a radiological release rivaling that of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident or even the larger release from the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
Environmental Progress
JANUARY 20, 2022
Notably, in the same proposal, the Commission has also included screening criteria for gaseous fossil fuels. The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance.
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PA Environment Daily
MAY 5, 2024
By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.
Vermont Law
JANUARY 18, 2016
As Catherine Malina wrote in a Georgetown International Environmental Law Review article in 2011, however, green-roof zoning laws could be effective and cost-efficient options to mitigate heat pollution from urban microclimates known as. Green-roofs buffer some stormwater, sequester carbon, and improve water quality. flood-prone regions.
HumanNature
JANUARY 30, 2025
We breathe oxygen from the atmosphere, weather systems distribute water, and the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation. Modeling work suggests that emissions from VCPs contribute more to secondary organic aerosol mass than fossil fuel sources in major urban areas (Image 3).[8] 8 166175 (2011). [3]
HumanNature
MARCH 8, 2022
By pumping more carbon into the air, through the emission of fossil fuels, we are speeding up this cycle. This occurs because carbon dioxide is really good at capturing radiation and reflecting it back to the Earth, causing the Earth to warm up. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9 , 61-67 (2011). & Ziehn, T.
Environmental Progress
AUGUST 3, 2020
Gleick claims they did not claim fossil fuels were scarce in the 1970s, and points to a book published in 2003 where Holdren said, “What environmentalists mainly say on this topic is not that we are running out of energy, but that we are running out of environment…” But I make this exact point in Apocalypse Never.
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