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- Scott Pruitt attacks critics and EPA employees in first speech Wed, 22 Feb 17, 11:00pmIn this first address to the staff of the Environmental Protection Agency, newly-appointed chief Scott Pruitt didn’t give any rousing remarks about fighting global warming or protecting the planet...
- MIT Study: Air Pollution Kills 200,000 Annually Sat, 31 Aug 13, 1:03amA new study from MIT's Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment finds that air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths every year in the United States...
- Solar Thermal STEP Method Could Make Cement Production Greenhouse Gas-Free Wed, 11 Apr 12, 1:46amThe cement manufacturing process has a staggering carbon footprint – said to be responsible for up to 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, the industry releases around 9 lbs of carbon dioxide for every 10 lbs...
- Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal Gets Superfund Status Fri, 5 Mar 10, 9:15amThe EPA announced this week the addition of 10 hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. One of the sites added to the NPL is the super-famous and now Superfunded Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn,...