2009 Air Pollution Carbon Dioxide 
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms. Methane is more than 80 times as powerful at warming the planet over a 20-year time frame than carbon dioxide. .
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 9, 2025
In a blitz of destructive actions announced by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin last month, he specifically called for a reconsideration of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. In an earlier post , I laid out some of the history and context for the 2009 science-backed Endangerment Finding and the Cause or Contribute Finding.
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Edouard Stenger
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Local air pollution (and global climate change) ; 4. At a time where scientists are trying to figure out how to suck the excess carbon out of our atmosphere, Mother Nature has known how to do it for millions of years. Trees are very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide. Crumbling infrastructure in the US ; 2.
Edouard Stenger
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Burning coal in these two regions account for a little under two gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, with 1.29 Burning coal emits twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and up to 50 times more than solar and wind in their entire lifecycles (manufacturing and recycling included). A moral imperative.
A Greener Life
AUGUST 22, 2022
By 2009, a study by Chinese scientists found that cadmium was going into China’s topsoil at around 0.004mg/kg per year. billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent every year – 40% from protecting existing carbon, and the remaining 60% from rebuilding depleted stores. Rapid acidification. meaning a 2.2-fold fold increase in acidity. each year.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 7, 2022
So when this industry and its drilling took off in the late otss, you know, 2009, 2010, we were sort of in the right place at the right time. Finally, this industry has fugitive emissions of methane and the burning of gas releases carbon dioxide. And over the last 15 years, I've spent regular time in Danville.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Grants are an important tool that agencies have used for decades to support environmental progress, such as for cleaning up waterways and contaminated land from legacy pollution, delivering safe drinking water, and limiting air pollution. 107 million symptomatic asthma incidents. 94 million minor-restricted activity days.
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