article thumbnail

Summer Air Pollution Trends: Factors Affecting Air Quality

Breezometer

Levels of Ground-level Ozone Pollution Can Increase in Summer. As ground-level ozone requires the presence of sunlight to form, high heat and sunny weather can function to increase concentrations of this particular pollutant. Elevated ground-level ozone may also severely reduce crop yields during their primary growing season.

article thumbnail

ESA Policy News: May 15, 2023

ESA

Chellie Pingree (D-ME)’s Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act ( H.R. This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collaborate with state and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification. Legislative updates: The full House approved Rep.

2023 92
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Policy News: April 25, 2022

ESA

The administration also released plans to approve 48 renewable energy projects on public lands by the end of fiscal year 2025 and double renewable energy production on public lands by 2023. The Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies is releasing a new report, “Cross-Cutting Theme for U.S. Nominations are due April 30, 2022.

2022 98
article thumbnail

Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

EPA determines that most Chesapeake Bay watershed states are not on track to meet 2025 pollution reduction commitments. Ocean Climate Action Plan. This plan will help guide and coordinate actions by the federal government and civil society to address ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes-based climate mitigation and adaptation solutions.

2022 75
article thumbnail

Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

BRUSSELS — The world can avoid the worst consequences of climate change, but emissions need to peak by 2025, the U.N.’s Even 2 degrees becomes unlikely without a peak by 2025. White House: The Office of Science and Technology released a new report , Opportunities and Actions for Ocean Science and Technology.

2022 98
article thumbnail

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

HumanNature

Net atmospheric warming is problematic for a number of reasons – it leads to crop and vegetation stress which threatens our food security, it causes more intense dry seasons which lead to bigger wildfires that cause severe economic and environmental damage, and it leads to rising oceans levels which threaten existing infrastructure.

article thumbnail

Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. 3540 ), which reauthorizes NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office through 2025. The Biden administration has made it a priority to rapidly scale up the country’s offshore wind energy production.

2021 98