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[ad_1] The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized its proposal to loosen rules on oil- and coal-fired power plants’ emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants in its latest rollback of public health protections during the coronavirus pandemic.  The proposed change to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) does …

[ad_1] UK efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are being seriously undermined by the failure to account for rising carbon output in the countries where our goods are manufactured, a new report has warned. Almost half of the UK’s carbon footprint – the total amount of greenhouse gas released in …

[ad_1] In the News On Thursday, EWG released an updated map that shows toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS are now confirmed or suspected at 678 military installations. Leaders in the House announced this week that the next COVID-19 stimulus bill will make drinking water pollution cleanup a priority. Lawmakers have …

[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 …

[ad_1] The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.6 percent last year as renewables climbed to new record highs, official figures show. Provisional figures for 2019 reveal emissions of the pollutants that drive climate change were 3.6 percent lower than in 2018 and are down 45.2 percent on what they were in 1990. A …

The annual United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) flagship Emissions Gap Report is now online. But what is this report really about? Is it more of the … source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg has called on campaigners to avoid mass protests against CO2 emissions and climate change as the coronavirus … source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home

One of the sessions at our Farming and Climate Change conference looked closely at the science of agricultural emissions and their impact on climate change. source Y Not Freakin’ Recyclable Home

[ad_1] An undertaking to make Australia a net zero carbon emitter by 2050 has been affirmed by Australia’s opposition Labor Party today, with Opposition leader Anthony Albanese adopting the policy his predecessor took to the last election. All of Labor’s policies have been up for review since its shock loss …

[ad_1] The coronavirus has wiped out at least a quarter of China’s emissions of damaging greenhouse gases in the past two weeks, scientists have found. Measures to prevent the spread of the outbreak have led to sharp drops in the burning of fossil fuels – a key cause of the …