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What is Ethylene Oxide? Answers to Your Questions about the Cancer-Causing Chemical

Union of Concerned Scientists

Workers in facilities that produce and use EtO as well as people living near facilities that release it into the atmosphere are at risk of unsafe exposures even when the facilities are using the best available technologies to handle and contain it. Have I been exposed to ethylene oxide?

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Should the official Atlantic hurricane season be lengthened?

Real Climate

1 Average number of named storms by day of the year in the historical record from 1851–2019 (dark blue line). The difference is due largely to the differences in the regional atmospheric response that occurs in concert with the SST warming. The days of formation for the 2020 named storms are shown by the red squares.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

Plaintiffs presented testimony that in 2019 alone Montana was responsible for 166 million tons of CO2 (that’s total emissions when you combine what the state extracts, transports, processes and consumes) on par with Pakistan. I could see even a narrow ruling finding in favor of the youth plaintiffs on those issues.

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Senate Hearing Finds No Definition Or Standard For ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Natural Gas; PA Producers Already Below One RS Threshold

PA Environment Daily

Environmental Protection Agency is in the middle of adopting rulemakings under the federal Clean Air Act that will require natural gas infrastructure operators to more carefully monitor methane emissions and develop plans to meet new emission limits. Applegate noted the U.S. Read more here - supplemental EPA rule. “I

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

NSF: The annual 2020 Survey of Earned Doctorates , compiled by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, finds that the number of doctorate recipients in the life sciences decreased slightly from 12,753 in 2019 to 12,561 in 2020. EPA – Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit.

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EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, on average, over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Sharp cuts in methane emissions are among the most critical actions the U.S.

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156 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

4 In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss Appointed To EPA’s Farm, Ranch And Rural Communities Advisory Committee -- TribLive: Eureka, Citizens Gifted Eplugs To Fire Company To Thwart Electric Vehicle Dangers -- Moms Clean Air Force Nov. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4