Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

After a dispiriting stint in corporate law, she turned to full-time environmentalism, joining Dogwood Alliance in 1997 and becoming its executive director at the age of 30. “I It’s well known among ecologists that intact forests, with their extensive root systems and firm soil, absorb more water during storm events than logged forests.

Logging 98

Logging Carbon-neutral Climate change Biodiversity 98

GreenBiz

MAY 24, 2021

EPA historically has identified "critical population sub-groups" in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. A prominent example of these characteristics is the Formosa Plastics Group proposal to build a $9.4 Protecting at-risk populations. Including environmental justice as a criterion for permitting decisions.

Pollution 430

Pollution Health Politics Policy 430

Grist

JUNE 12, 2024

It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time Earth Day special , letting out heavy sighs and listing jumbled statistics about deforestation and the hole in the ozone layer. Some featured “ Susan Spotless ,” a girl in a white dress who would wag her finger at anyone who soiled public spaces with their litter.

Recycling 145

Recycling Recycling Plastics Earth Day 145

Grist

JULY 6, 2024

Adding sulfate aerosols to the stratosphere would degrade the ozone layer (thereby increasing global cancer rates) and increase acid rain. The committee was chaired by Greenstone, an economist, and included two other economists, an ecologist, two molecular engineers, a historian, a geologist, a law professor, and a computer scientist.

Solar Energy Monitor 111

Solar Energy Monitor Carbon-negative Climate change Cooling 111

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. A prominent example of these characteristics is the Formosa Plastics Group proposal to build a $9.4 Protecting at-risk populations.

Health 28

Health Pollution Politics Policy 28

AGreenLiving

MAY 24, 2021

EPA historically has identified “critical population sub-groups” in setting ozone, particulate and other ambient air quality standards. A prominent example of these characteristics is the Formosa Plastics Group proposal to build a $9.4 Protecting at-risk populations.

Pollution 28

Pollution Health Politics Policy 28

Grist

JANUARY 23, 2020

After Toledo’s water crisis, Ohio went further, passing a law that prohibits farms in the western Lake Erie region from applying fertilizer on frozen or rain-saturated soil. But here, too, most fertilizer runoff efforts are voluntary — and exceptions undercut the state’s 2015 ban. The state sets no phosphorus cap for most farms.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Pollution Soil Health 128