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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

According to an October 2023 report by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC), a nonprofit watchdog organization, the industry has been gaslighting us by promoting the idea that “cooking with gas” is a good thing, despite knowing as far back as 1970 that gas stoves pose a threat to public health and the environment.

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Policy News: February 14, 2022

ESA

Morris (State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry), W. The NSF provisions of the America COMPETES Act creates a new NSF Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions. House hearing puts pressure on American oil companies’ climate pledges – The Washington Post. E&E News.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

For concentration, use the metric system of mass per unit volume or mass per unit mass if you want a job from me in environmental science. Congress toyed with water pollution control since 1948, but 2 years after Earth Day it passed the first comprehensive federal law, ever, to control water pollution, the 1972 Clean Water Act.