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OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 directed the U.S. In response to this challenge, public and private sector actors around the world are researching and deploying a variety of technologies designed to remove greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Steven Sherwood , an atmospheric physicist at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia, explains why clouds are notoriously challenging for climate modellers. You can learn much more about the latest climate science at Environmental Research 2021 , a free to attend virtual conference 15–19 November hosted by IOP Publishing.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2024

and found it to be abandoned and not plugged properly and was venting natural gas into the atmosphere. DEP issued notices of violation for abandonment and requested a written report by February 9, 2024 on how the operator will bring the wells into compliance. [ 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The growing credits for electricity reflect the growing number of EVs on the road in California, and support California’s goal of phasing out combustion technologies in favor of zero emissions vehicles. But what about the rapidly increasing credits generated by biomethane? Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. Michael McCully.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. VY: Clean energy sources will be absolutely pivotal for an equitable and reliable grid.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 13, 2024

The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. That means it includes the extreme wildfires exacerbated by the fossil fuel industry that burned more than 4% of California in 2021 and 2022. Ozone plays a dual role in our atmosphere.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Planned facilities, such as the European Spallation Source that is being constructed in Lund, Sweden, meanwhile, have integrated sustainability into their design such as diverting waste heat into local heating systems instead of it being vented into the atmosphere. Eager to learn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 4, 2024

That 2013 headline resulted from the first effort to quantify emissions from the ‘carbon majors’ —fossil fuel companies and cement manufacturers whose businesses have contributed an outsized amount of heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On October 6, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the 13 schools, businesses and community organization winners of the 2021 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. Environmental Benefits Collectively, the award-winning projects engaged hundreds of partners and resulted in: -- Buffers/Wetlands: Creation of 8.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

While the idea of capturing carbon pollution before it reaches the atmosphere sounds good, in reality, it doesn’t actually work. That oil then gets burned, adding more carbon pollution to the atmosphere than what was originally captured. Carbon capture is a greenwashing tactic The new subsidy is for carbon capture projects.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) set a target for the aviation industry to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. “The

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2022

The public remains considerably more skeptical of any pivot from mitigation toward climate policy that prioritizes adaptation, use of geoengineering that releases particles into the atmosphere in attempting to deter warming, or subterranean carbon storage. Click Here for complete poll results. 9:30 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

Boyd has nearly 30 years of experience leading, teaching, advising and mentoring students and early career enthusiasts in environmental and atmospheric science. After receiving her degree, she began her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She was also the recipient of the 2021 Charles E.

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Breezometer

DECEMBER 13, 2021

On Friday, December 11th, atmospheric conditions resulted in a catastrophic tornado outbreak that wreaked havoc across America’s Heartland. December 13, 2021. Weather Forecasting Technologies Help Keep Us Safe. million increase to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees. Reports from these studies and partnerships are found on the DCNR website.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Yet the technologies needed to do this, collectively known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), remains nascent, underfunded and largely unregulated. Some of the techniques are further advanced than others.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

In the US, the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorized the Department of Energy to spend $3.5 billion over the next five years to support the development of four regional direct air capture (DAC) hubs, designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently store or utilize it in long-life products (e.g.,

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2024

Attention to the link between climate change and the law of the sea increased significantly with the formation of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law ( COSIS ) by Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu in 2021.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 30, 2022

First-ever compilation of Canadian data on public subsidies for carbon capture technology documents billions in funding, but meager climate results . billion to the oil and gas sector in 2021 alone – a substantial amount of taxpayer money that went towards making it cheaper to find, extract, process, transport and export fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

In 2021, an ExxonMobil lobbyist described API as a “ whipping boy ” that takes the heat for bad policy positions while allowing the oil and gas giant to appear reasonable. But these technologies are no substitute for sharp cuts in fossil fuels if we keep the goals of the Paris climate agreement within reach.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 31, 2022

billion in 2021. . 2021 was a horrific year for climate disasters in Canada and around the world. Yet even as communities across the country were fleeing their homes – because of heat domes, atmospheric rivers, wildfires, droughts and floods – t he Government of Canada provided $8.6 billion.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Both technology and the shift of fuels have contributed to this trend. Coal- and natural gas-burning power plants emit sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere, but coal has a much higher sulfur content than natural gas and releases more sulfur dioxide when burned. We wanted to look at how this trend has affected water quality.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

These pollutants react in the atmosphere to form harmful particulate matter pollution known as PM 2.5. pollution from the use of older passenger vehicles (defined as model year 1976 through 2003) and newer ones (model year 2004 through 2021). Combining the PM 2.5 Our analysis shows that PM 2.5

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HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. When fuels are burned to create energy in a process called combustion, black carbon along with carbon monoxide and other compounds are created because there is not enough oxygen in the atmosphere for the reaction to go to completion.

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law July 31, 2023 The social cost of carbon (SCC) has been the basis for policies such as tax credits for carbon capture technology and zero-emissions credits. As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it also traps heat surrounding the planet. If the U.S.

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Breezometer

JULY 3, 2021

When a firework explodes, it releases a combination of fine particulate matter (which includes heavy metals, as well as poisonous gases) into the atmosphere. What Happens when a Firework Goes Off? This can cause a rapid impact on the surrounding air quality. The graph below highlights the spike in PM2.5 2) Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 24, 2023

In Elliott’s aftermath, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aptly called the storm a “historic arctic outbreak.” The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides nearly $15 billion in federal funding for grid improvements, which includes energy storage as an option. Where do we go from here?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

By Harry Campbell, Science Policy & Advocacy Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA With continuing advances in technology and declining costs, large-scale solar projects are popping up all over the Commonwealth. According to Penn State Extension, trees are also “…without a doubt the best carbon capture technology in the world.”

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 30, 2021

In this blog, we’ll take a look at the technologies that are being sold as climate saviours when their real objective is to prolong the life of the polluting fossil fuels which are driving climate change: carbon capture, offsets and ‘blue’ hydrogen. There are many, many concerns with carbon capture technology. degrees is narrowing.

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Breezometer

JULY 27, 2021

Our atmospheric scientist Dr. Yvonne Boose recently hosted a unique webinar session to explore the air quality reporting challenges presented by wildfires, alongside practical solutions for businesses looking to protect themselves and people from wildfire impact. Let me show you what I mean…. What you see here is the air quality in the area.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 17, 2021

That’s because before it can push the envelope of what science and space technology can achieve, it must first overcome a dangerous deep-space deployment. This is the scale of the challenge facing the JWST after its launch, which – barring additional delays – is now scheduled for 24 December 2021.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This refers to the balance between the amount of greenhouse gases produced and the amount removed from the atmosphere – with net zero meaning that there are no net greenhouse emissions from the entire energy system.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Up in flames After recording Canada’s highest ever temperature on 29 June 2021, Lytton in British Columbia had to be evacuated as wildfires engulfed the town and destroyed most of its buildings. As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. Courtesy: Canadian Press/Shutterstock). By how much, though, is unclear. “One

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Physics World

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Tales of toads and fish serve as an appetizer for the closing part of the book, when we finally get our teeth into engineering the atmosphere. Kolbert runs through the smorgasbord of negative-emissions technologies designed to sequester carbon dioxide. 2021 Bodley Head £18.99hb 256pp. What could possibly go wrong this time?

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As for “seeing” — a key parameter to describe the blurring of stars due to atmospheric turbulences along the light path — the median value was 0.75 m-aperture optical telescope now being built by the University of Science and Technology of China, which will have first light in 2023. arcseconds, or 1/4800 of a degree.

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HumanNature

MARCH 24, 2022

Guest Post by Holly Roth , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. When forests burn, that carbon is released into the atmosphere and contributes to greenhouse gases (mostly as carbon dioxide). Environmental Science and Technology 2014 , 48 (16), 8936–8943. Nature Sustainability 2021 , 4 (3), 252–260.

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