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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

The 2024 State of the Air report I work every day on topics related to air in my role as a Senior Climate Scientist at UCS, through my volunteer grassroots work, and because I want to be a well-informed resident in the San Joaquin Valley. Ozone plays a dual role in our atmosphere. This is more than just my job.

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10 Air Quality Influencers You Should Know

Breezometer

Air pollution impacts every aspect of our lives, especially health. We created this list of the top 10 air quality influencers to follow to help keep you informed on a variety of environmental topics. government to provide the official figures on premature deaths caused by air pollution.

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EPA Finalizes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Infrastructure; DEP’s Oil & Gas Methane Regulations 1 Year Old

PA Environment Daily

Sharp cuts in methane emissions are among the most critical actions the United States can take in the short term to slow the rate of climate change. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final standard to curb wasteful methane emissions and other harmful air pollutants from the oil and gas sector. “On

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

As air sunk through the atmosphere, it got squeezed and heated. And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards? Taken together, however, clouds in today’s atmosphere have an overall net cooling effect. The science gets murkier when linking individual cloud formation with global climate models.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQB’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists. In 1970 in the Boston Globe newspaper, there was a scientist from the atmospheric research in Boulder, Colorado predicted that an ice age would be upon us by the 21st century. Pennsylvania must get this decision on RGGI right.