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Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, estimated to be 80 times more damaging to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide but not as long lasting. But nobody was talking about abandoned wells in 2011. But people need to see things. You can’t just tell people about things. They won’t listen.” Yes, I get very frustrated,” she said.

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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review

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Volatile Chemical Products: Important Contributors to Harmful Particulate Matter

HumanNature

Candidate in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University Earths atmosphere is one of our greatest shared resources and provides many ingredients required for life. We breathe oxygen from the atmosphere, weather systems distribute water, and the ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation.

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Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional

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NALC news release: Legal experts to explore Western water markets during NALC webinar

National Law Center

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Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp., Susquehanna County - Just A Few Miles From Dimock

PA Environment Daily

DEP recommended the well owners put vents on the wells to vent the natural gas to the atmosphere. DEP told the well owners in its letters of determination methane levels could reach explosive concentrations in their homes and there was a threat of asphyxiation, although that is “extremely rare.”

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168 Years of Climate Science

Legal Planet

C if the CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere is doubled, very close to current estimates based on more sophisticated modeling. Systematic measurements of atmospheric CO2 levels begin at Mauna Loa observatory. above 1850-1900 in 2011-2020. Paper shows that that the average surface temperature of the earth increases 3.6