Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
Section 111 employs a two-phase process where, once EPA moves to regulate pollution from a new source—here, power plants—(111(b)), it is then required to regulate that pollution from existing sources, too (111(d)). As a result, EPA will be updating standards for new plants and fully developing standards for existing plants.
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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
million cut beginning in FY 2010-11; -- FY 2014-15 budget for the State System of Higher Education zeroes out funding again for the PA Center for Environmental Education ($368,000) and McKeever Environmental Center ($213,000); -- FY 2014-15 budget cuts $500,000 for Delaware River Basin Commission; -- FY 2015-16 transfer of $31.9
Corp Watch
JANUARY 17, 2024
USA: Formosa Plastics’ Pollution of Texas Waterways Hit by Civil Trial, Protests Center for Biological Diversity | March 25, 2019 Fishermen, community leaders and activists spoke out against Formosa Plastics’ pollution of Texas waterways today as a federal civil trial of the company began here. USA: Formosa Plastics Corp.,
Vermont Law
APRIL 19, 2019
To make meaningful progress in lowering water pollution, the federal government should begin incentivizing agroecological practices that both allow farmers to keep their land in production and actively work to reduce excess nutrients, pesticide waste, and erosion. However, the CWA does not address agricultural pollution in a meaningful way.
Corp Watch
JUNE 7, 2023
USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science Union of Concerned Scientists PaulaR Thu, 06/08/2023 - 03:44 Friday, August 14, 2015 Read more Deborah Bailin Almost 130 years ago, Coca-Cola first quenched Americans’ thirst and splashed its irresistible blend of sugar and, yes, cocaine , across our taste buds and brains.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
In 2019 the company applied its product to end a harmful bloom on Chippewa Lake in Ohio. Farmers who don’t agree to adopt the new pollution-control measures would lose the insurance subsidy. . Peroxide is the active ingredient. The granules are spread on the surface of lakes, killing cyanobacteria within 24 to 48 hours.
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