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Former Employees Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Ask For Criminal Investigation Of Eureka And An Audit Of DEP Over Alleged Workplace, Environmental Violations

PA Environment Daily

That amount is down from the 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM sent in 2021. We have been subjected to continual gas inhalation, methanol byproducts, carbon monoxide, H2S [hydrogen sulfide] gas, etc., Myself, Eric Steppe, was directly exposed to carbon monoxide gas and H2S gas. They posted it up. Read more here.

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Fossil fuel combustion produces carbon dioxide (CO2), the most abundant global warming pollutant, but also produces local pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Bermix Studio/Unsplash PM2.5: A subset of these particles, called PM2.5,

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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ozone is produced from precursors in the presence of ultraviolet radiation from sunlight, and global warming creates conditions favorable to ozone formation by accelerating chemical reactions. These are the criteria air pollutants, namely PM 2.5 , ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and lead.

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Black carbon is one type of airborne particulate matter (PM), which is a title for all the microscopic solid and liquid particles suspended in our air. Black Carbon Emissions from Russian Diesel Sources: Case Study of Murmansk.”