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Smog hangs over Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Tracking Pollution in the Breeze, with Trees

by Nathaniel Scharping 15 December 202127 March 2023

New research outlines how pine needles offer a simple, low-cost means of assessing particulate matter pollution.

Image of dairy cows lined up inside a barn, with one cow facing forward
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Midwest Livestock Operations Linked to Rise in Ammonia Pollution

by Grace van Deelen 14 December 202126 April 2022

For the first time, scientists have linked high-density animal operations in the U.S. Midwest to rising air pollution from ammonia, suggesting need for increased regulation from the EPA.

A chat, or waste, pile near the Tar Creek Superfund site in Oklahoma.
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Community Input Drives Superfund Research

by Robin Donovan 14 December 202125 October 2022

Researchers identified geochemical tracers for lead and investigated Oklahomans’ concerns at the Tar Creek Superfund site.

A satellite image of a bright green algae bloom in the dark blue waters of Lake Erie
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Cyanobacteria Blooms Exceed WHO Thresholds in Midwest Lakes

by Rebecca Dzombak 16 November 20216 June 2022

A study of 369 lakes across the Midwest finds that many of them, especially those close to agriculture, have high concentrations of harmful algal bloom-causing cyanobacteria.

Dam failure in Iowa
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Below Aging U.S. Dams, a Potential Toxic Calamity

by J. Dinneen and A. Kennedy 11 June 20216 January 2023

Documents suggest that in more than 80 U.S. locations, the failure of an aging dam could flood a major toxic waste site.

A power planet in the U.S. Appalachian basin in August 2016
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Affordable Clean Energy Rule Threatens Progress of Clean Air Act

by S. Benish and M. Fiffer 18 November 202021 December 2022

The scientific community must act to minimize the adverse air quality and health impacts of relaxed EPA regulation.

People stand in a scrapyard as dark smokes billows from several small fires.
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Tracking Air Pollution from Ghana’s E-Waste Site

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 18 August 202013 March 2023

Researchers established a relatively low cost method that could help countries with limited monitoring capabilities measure particulate pollution in their skies.

A man backpacks up a rocky trail to an air-sampling station
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Radioactive Bookkeeping of Carbon Emissions

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 22 June 20207 March 2022

A new sampling method uses carbon-14 to single out which carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere derive from fossil fuels. The method could help track emissions goals for climate mitigation.

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Clean Water Act in the Balance?

by Randy Showstack 27 January 20207 March 2022

An important Supreme Court case could have major ramifications on the interpretation of the Clean Water Act and environmental protection.

New York attorney general Letitia James
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Emissions Rollbacks

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 14 August 201921 December 2022

The suit argues that the administration is failing to curb carbon dioxide emissions as required under the Clean Air Act.

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