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How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Critics of wind and solar routinely raise concerns about how much land would be required to decarbonize the US power sector. And when wind and solar projects are responsibly sited, the environmental and public health impacts would be far less harmful than those from extracting, producing, and burning fossil fuels.

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7 I was not fully aware of this issue until roughly a year ago, when I wrote a column about it, and I’ve been working for environmental organizations for 25 years.

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Federal Water Tap, February 13: DOE Grant Funding for Treating Oil and Gas Wastewater

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The GAO explains how federal agencies can better implement cybersecurity A Department of Energy lab offers grant funding for treating oil and gas wastewater. is the first country to include estimates of methane emissions from flooded lands in their greenhouse gas inventory.” — EPA press office, to the news site The Revelator.

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The Next Source of Trouble for Great Lakes Fish Populations: Tires

Circle of Blue

This story was published through the Great Lakes News Collaborative. Reduced reproduction and size are among the non-lethal effects of various chemical pollutants. There are so many chemicals in tires, and we don’t know how they break down and where they end up,” said Johannessen. Credit: Lester Graham, Michigan Radio.

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Repurposing Cropland Can Bring Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Water Justice to California

Union of Concerned Scientists

To significantly reduce the land sinking process, there needs to be a significant increase in groundwater levels. The good news is we know the problem. The bad news is we are not doing enough to solve it. But how can we solve water scarcity and water overuse without causing new problems? What did our study find?

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Stroud Water Research Center UpStream: Student Stewardship; Stream Restoration Investments; World Environmental Ed Congress; Starting A Watershed Organization; World Water Day March 22; More!

PA Environment Daily

These laws have reduced extreme cases of pollution, such as rivers catching on fire or streams changing color due to industrial waste. In a new presentation, Stroud Water Research Center’s John Jackson, Ph.D., Click Here to learn how they do it. Click Here to learn how they did it. and Matt Ehrhart examine why.

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A Deadly Love Affair: New Mexico, Physics, and the Film Oppenheimer 

Union of Concerned Scientists

In this one, he manages to reduce two scientists—Jean Tatlock, a psychiatrist who was also queer, and Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer, a botanist—to a floozy and a drunk who are both in love with Oppie, not to mention that they are two of only four women with significant speaking parts. It’s a conundrum.

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