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Prepare for another summer of air quality alerts, but less than 2023
MPR News· 2 hours agoMinnesotans can expect more air quality alerts than usual this summer, but probably won’t have to...
Consumer fireworks banned on Mercer Island
KIRO via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe city says a permanent ban was needed due to safety risks, the burden on emergency services and noise pollution. Most areas of King County already...
Scientists develop new method for quantifying 'invisible' plastics in rivers
Phys.org· 7 hours agoThe international team, from Cardiff University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Deltares,...
South Dakota joins pushback against new EPA coal rules
South Dakota Searchlight via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoSouth Dakota has joined a group of states, led by North Dakota and West Virginia, in asking a...
JD Supra: Parts Per Trillion: Illinois Proposes Stringent Groundwater Quality Standards for PFAS...
JD Supra· 6 hours agoOn 7 March 2024, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) proposed amendments to its Ground Water Quality regulations,1 which would set standards for selected per- and ...
Metal mines pollution raises health worries
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry into the potential human health risks of pollution from abandoned metal mines in Wales takes place on Wednesday. The...
World's largest plant to extract CO2 and turn it to stone opens in Iceland
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 3 hours agoIn a significant step towards combating climate pollution, Swiss company Climeworks, which...
Memo to the right: RFK Jr. would do even more green damage than Joe Biden
New York Post· 2 hours agoOf course, four years ago, the nation was in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, whose sweeping...
Washed Ashore exhibit educates on plastic pollution in Galveston
Beaumont Enterprise· 9 hours agoGalveston Island is hosting Washed Ashore, a traveling art exhibit featuring 12 huge sculptures...
Summer air quality forecast: Better than '23, but still worse than normal in Minnesota
Post-Bulletin· 7 hours agoLast year's wildfire-fueled smoke show was "brutal," said Gov. Tim Walz. The Pollution Control...