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Posted inResearch & Developments

Public Speaks Out Against EPA Plan to Rescind Endangerment Finding

by Grace van Deelen 25 August 202527 August 2025

Advocates, scientists, doctors, members of Congress, kids, parents, and other individuals spoke out in a series of hearings last week to let the Environmental Protection Agency know how they feel about a potential sea change in climate and environmental policy: the proposed repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

By 2051, Emissions from Coal Mining on Federal Lands Could Drop by 86%

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 20 August 202520 August 2025

Researchers predict that if early 2024 policies hold, emissions related to coal’s extraction, transportation, and combustion will drop over the next 25 years.

A trampled over wetland
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Where the Pigs and Buffalo Roam, the Wetlands They do Bemoan

by Ankur R. Desai 19 August 202519 August 2025

A novel fenced enclosure study demonstrates the heavy toll that invasive ungulates have on greenhouse gas emissions from coastal wetlands on Indigenous lands in Australia.

Primer plano de una veta blanca de calcita en roca basáltica gris con una pequeña planta sobre la roca.
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Verdaderas soluciones climáticas están debajo de nosotros

by Peter Reiners 29 July 20257 August 2025

Es momento de aceptar que el almacenamiento duradero de carbono en el subsuelo, junto con la reducción de emisiones, debe ser parte del plan para mitigar los efectos del cambio climático, y las geociencias deben desempeñar un papel central.

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Mapping Mud Volcanoes in Shallow Seas

by Meghie Rodrigues 10 July 202510 July 2025

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, undiscovered, in the deep ocean.

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Nonproducing Oil Wells May Be Emitting 7 Times More Methane Than We Thought

by Lauren Schneider 16 June 202516 June 2025

A study measured methane flow from more than 450 nonproducing wells across Canada, but thousands more remain unevaluated.

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Posted inResearch & Developments

EPA Proposes Removal of Carbon Dioxide Limits on Power Plants

by Grace van Deelen 12 June 202512 June 2025

On 11 June, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to repeal federal limits on power plant carbon emissions, including a Biden-era rule requiring power plants to control 90% of their carbon pollution and a 2015 standard limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Real Climate Solutions Are Beneath Us

by Peter Reiners 2 May 202526 August 2025

It’s time to accept that durable subsurface carbon storage, along with emissions reductions, must be part of the plan to mitigate the effects of climate change—and geoscience must play a central role.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Solar Power Shortages Are on the Rise

by Rebecca Dzombak 16 April 202516 April 2025

More communities are relying on solar power as a source of renewable energy, but increasing demand and climate change threaten its reliability.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

Seeping Groundwater Can Be a Hidden Source of Greenhouse Gases

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 28 March 202528 March 2025

A new study in the Farmington River watershed shows that groundwater seeps can release 20% of dissolved emissions into the atmosphere before the water joins streams.

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