National Ground Water Association & Other Associations Urge US EPA To Expedite Regulation Of PFAS
Letter Sent to EPA Administrator Urges Science and Research To Be The Leading Factor In Determining PFAS Regulations
Water
Trump’s EPA Takes Away State & Tribal Rights To Protect Their Own Water
Isn’t this exactly the opposite of what the EPA was formed to protect? Issues of poverty, environmental inequality, and social injustice are other pieces of the power and control that has the streets filled with passionate advocates for peace.
SpaceX Crew Dragon Gets To The ISS, But What About Doing It With Renewable Energy?
We could turn water into rocket fuel sufficient for a Space Shuttle launch using a month’s wind power from a small wind farm at a cost of about $285,000, a bit more than market prices but a drop in the bucket compared to the $450 million to $1.5 billion per Space Shuttle launch.
Let’s Start Improving Water Quality In The US Everglades, Before It’s Too Late!
A combination of canals, stormwater treatment areas, and a storage reservoir may improve water quality in the US Everglades.
Vacuuming Plastic From The Ocean
Vacuuming plastic from the ocean sounds oddly impossible, but Clear Blue Sea, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to cleansing the oceans from plastic pollution, is working on doing as much of this as it can.
NOAA Predicts More Active Atlantic Hurricane Season In 2020
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center has released its 2020 hurricane season forecast. NOAA predicts we will continue with the pattern of storms brewing above normal activity, but it will be even more extreme in the Atlantic this year. Aptly, the storm season has started early with Arthur, crossing one name off the list before the official start of the season.
Stripe Is Spending $1 Million To Fight Climate Change
Stripe has revealed it is spending $1 million to fight climate change. For those who may not know what Stripe is, it’s an online payment platform that allows online sellers such as myself to accept credit card payments, Apple Pay, or even Google Pay for goods and services.
Charging Your Phone With Hydroelectricity From A Rain Gutter
Did you know that you could charge your phone with rainwater? YouTuber Quint BUILDs discovered that he could harvest free energy from his roof with a hydroelectric generator. He lives in Oregon, where it rains quite a lot, so he got a bit creative with the opportunity.
19 Environmental Monitoring Requirements For Oil Sands Suspended By Alberta
Citing the coronavirus epidemic, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) indefinitely suspended 19 environmental monitoring requirements for oil sands producers such as Syncrude, Suncor, Imperial Oil, and CNRL.
What Are “Ocean-Bound Plastics?”
What are “ocean-bound plastics” and how are they a good (or bad) thing? I saw a tweet in my feed by SwiftOnSecurity using this term that grabbed my attention.
