A Greener Life
JUNE 24, 2022
Instead, environmentalists were mainly concerned about the ozone layer, nuclear meltdown and chemical industrial pollution, the erosion of biodiversity and population explosion. In 1970 the world’s first Earth Day was held in the US, but we had to wait until 1990 before the movement went global.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
The plan cuts power plant and industrial ozone pollution that wafts from central parts of the nation into eastern states. According to the American Lung Association, nearly 120 million people in the nation—one of every three—lives with unhealthy levels of particle and ozone pollution. A 40-year-old Supreme Court ruling (Chevron v.
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Physics World
MAY 4, 2022
The lines form a chemical fingerprint that could be used to find “biosignatures” such as oxygen or ozone. The craft maintains a constant view of our planet as it rotates, observing ozone, vegetation, cloud height and aerosols in the atmosphere. a Taken in August 2015, this image is typical of what DSCOVR can see.
Environmental Science
JULY 30, 2018
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. There remain some problem areas; for example Boston tends to be a non-attainment area for ozone in the summer. Clean Water Act.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ESA
MAY 9, 2022
Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022. EPA : A draft policy assessment for the reconsideration of current Ozone air quality standards finds that there is insufficient scientific evidence that there would be a public health benefit to stricter ozone regulations. EPA – National Priorities List.
ESA
APRIL 25, 2022
In an executive order made in honor of Earth Day, the White House announced the creation of a U.S. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29). Long Term Ecological Research Network to hold panel discussion about community engagement. Federal Register opportunities.
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