Municipal solid waste landfills are a major source of environmental pollution 1. Although countries around the world have established strict regulations on the entire life of landfills, reports of ...
Nitrate pollution has become one of the most widespread water quality challenges in intensively farmed regions around the world, threatening drinking water safety, aquatic ecosystems, and downstream ...
Many people who aren’t knowledgeable about cars might think that electric vehicles, having no tailpipe emissions, have little or no environmental impact compared to their combustion-powered ...
Unlike most other pollutants, particulate matter (PM) cannot be characterized by the space- and time-variations of the mass concentrations of a single compound. Important factors influencing PM ...
States across the US are looking to take major sources of pollution and use them to generate much-needed power.
Since 1972 farms have been perfectly free to discharge into the environment some of the most dangerous chemical compounds known to man. Agriculture is the source of some of the worst and most ...
A new study reveals that urban tributaries flowing through Wuhan are significant sources of phthalate esters, a widely used class of plastic chemicals, to the Yangtze River, highlighting previously ...
Rapid and accurate identification of pollution sources is critical for emergency management but remains challenged by the high computational cost and uncertainty of traditional numerical models. To ...
At issue is a loophole for major sources of pollution, such as refineries and steel mills, tied to plant emergencies. Federal judges have resurrected a legal shield for industries that violate Clean ...