Geoengineering — First It Was About Messing With The Atmosphere. Now It’s About Hacking The…
A new report urges research into geoengineering the oceans, not because it’s a good idea but because it may save us from our own mistakes.
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Swedish Activists Oppose Geoengineering Experiment
A plan by researchers to study the feasibility of geoengineering the Earth’s atmosphere has drawn strong criticism from environmental groups in Sweden.
Giant Economic Benefits Of The Clean Air Act
The annual benefits of the Clean Air Act are up to 32 times greater than the cost of these regulations.
Facing A Health Crisis, Cities Implore Courts To Limit Pollution
Local leaders weigh in on a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from weakening regulations on power plants.
New Harvard/MIT Geo-Engineering Study Says Less Is More
Scientists at Harvard and MIT think geo-engineering by injecting sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere could help cool the Earth without severe impacts on most of the regions of the world. But the research is still very preliminary, Meanwhile the world continues to move toward disaster with few concerned enough to take meaningful action.
New Computer Modeling Helps Scientists Analyze The Effects Of Geoengineering
Researchers have come up with a sophisticated new computer modeling algorithm they say makes it possible to predict the effect of injecting sulfur dioxide at high altitudes would have on global temperatures. Is that a good thing?
EPA Estimates Rolling Back Clean Power Plan Could Cause 100,000 Deaths By 2050
The latest analysis from the EPA shows that the Clean Power Plan would likely prevent even more deaths than the Obama administration claimed it would. But in the end, that may count for little as Scott Pruitt battles to bail out the coal industry.
Investigating The Air Pollution Crisis (State of Pollution Series)
The term “air pollution” has become so ubiquitous that when anyone hears those words, they have an understanding of what they mean. To a degree, it is an accepted fact of the modern world that the air we breathe is contaminated in some way, but most people don’t realise the severity of the problem, the effects it can have on health, or the potential there is to combat the ongoing epidemic. In a series of articles, CleanTechnica will be examining the issues surrounding air pollution in more depth, and this first article will act as an introduction to some of the main issues.
NRDC: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Economically Beneficial For USA Due To Health Benefits
“It’s time to act,” says the Natural Resources Defense Council in Clean Power: The Case For Carbon Pollution Limits, its new report (aka R-15-06-B). Widely thought to be the nation’s most effective environmental group, NRDC is calling on us this July to confront climate change, “the greatest environmental threat of our … [continued]
Chile Carbon Tax Coming Up This Week
This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the country’s … [continued]
