by dankeelan | Dec 20, 2024 | Carbon, Environment
Environmental groups challenged California’s leading climate regulator Wednesday, alleging in new lawsuits that a recent update to a leading climate program will create additional pollution in the state’s San Joaquin Valley. Two separate complaints allege the...
by dankeelan | Apr 25, 2024 | Environment, Space
Colorado has led the nation on regulating methane emissions and now companies in the state are major contributors to a new satellite expected to be an important tool in identifying and quantifying the emissions globally. Space & Mission Systems, formerly Ball...
by dankeelan | Apr 11, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Environment
EVs are unfortunately still a hard sell for many Americans. Dealers have a hard time selling them, and they say that customers don’t want them at all. However, a recent study found that in one major U.S city, mass EV adoption has greatly...
by dankeelan | Mar 21, 2024 | Environment, Oceanography
Marine plastic pollution is one of the most troubling environmental issues. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, about 14 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, accounting for 80% of ocean debris. CleanHub, a...
by dankeelan | Mar 14, 2024 | Climate, Electric Vehicles, Environment, Featured
The production of battery-powered vehicles creates more carbon dioxide than making those that run on gasoline, a new report says. But EVs overcome the emissions difference relatively quickly. An average EV produced in the U.S. in 2023 will close the gap in about 2.2...
by dankeelan | Feb 8, 2024 | Climate, Environment, Oceanography, Satellites
NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite has made it off the chopping block all the way to orbit. The nearly $1 billion PACE mission, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four separate times, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this...
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