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Industry Groups Ask California To Delay Pollution Rules, Citing Pandemic

Industry Groups Ask California To Delay Pollution Rules, Citing Pandemic

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Industry groups are pushing for California regulators to delay new environmental measures, including those meant to promote clean air. Their reason: the economic stress the COVID-19 pandemic is putting on their businesses. Groups have sent at least six letters to California officials in the past two …

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Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two

Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two

[ad_1] According to the chair of a network of scientists providing benchmark emissions data carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill. Professor Rob Jackson, who chairs the Global Carbon Project, which produces …

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Can testing the sewers sound the alarm ahead of a coronavirus outbreak?

Can testing the sewers sound the alarm ahead of a coronavirus outbreak?

[ad_1] Before novel coronavirus cases were reported in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, an hour south of Amsterdam, scientists found traces of the virus in the sewage system. The new study from the Netherlands signals the possibility that testing at wastewater facilities could act as an early warning system for Covid-19. …

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