Academy of Natural Sciences
JULY 30, 2021
The report, issued in conjunction with EAT Forum, also called for curbing food waste, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and improving agriculture so it lessens deforestation and reduces water use. Note: Nearly one-third of food produced in the world goes to waste, contributing to land, water and air pollution.
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Useful Environmental Law Terms. Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Indoor air is anything contained with a building.
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ESA
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Delayed Formaldehyde Critique by Science Advisers Set to Begin – Bloomberg. EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. EPA begins work to set up $27 bln green bank – Reuters.
Legal Planet
APRIL 21, 2022
We also know that environmental effects aren’t limited to the immediate neighborhood — think of the fertilizer runoff in the Midwest that causes dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. In ecology, causal chains are often complex, and the same is true for atmospheric physics and other parts of environmental science.
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