Pollution

Lawn Equipment Spews ‘Shocking’ Amount of Air Pollution, New Data Shows

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 08:59

Gizmodo : Environment

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air pollution, Pollution, lawn, united states vehicle emission standards, Environment, kelly giard, home appliances

Democrats Release ‘Most Comprehensive Plan Ever’ to Address Plastics Problem

Fri, 10/27/2023 - 16:53

Gizmodo : Environment

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containers, anja brandon, Ed Markey, packaging, mass production, water pollution, Pollution

Dusting and Mopping Better Than Air Purifiers for Cleaning Indoor Air After a Wildfire

Thu, 10/26/2023 - 08:00

Gizmodo : Environment

Even after smoke from a wildfire has visibly cleared, lingering toxins indoors can tank air quality and threaten our health. Harmful chemicals stick around on surfaces and release into the air—and, new research found, air filters won’t get rid of them.

wildfire, disaster accident, Environment, air purifier, particulates, smog, indoor air quality

The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

Thu, 10/19/2023 - 06:01

Tech Insider : Economy

Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says — Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.
Arantza Pena Popo/Insider

economy, energy, Advertising, Media, Discourse, Science, marketing

Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 19:13

Tech Insider

Illustration of something impacting Earth creating a giant fireball in the atmosphere. — When something enters Earth's atmosphere, it's typically in a fiery blaze.
solarseven/Getty Images

Science, Space, space-junk, ozone, Pollution

Dish Network Hit With Historic Fine Over Space Debris

Tue, 10/03/2023 - 09:10

Gizmodo : Environment

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a $150,000 fine against Dish Network for failing to properly dispose of its broadcast communications satellite, leading to an increase in orbital debris.

Dish Network, Space Debris, disaster accident, echostar, Environment, graveyard orbit, communications satellite

The Microplastics Are in the Clouds Now

Fri, 09/29/2023 - 17:10

Gizmodo : Environment

Nowhere is safe from microplastics. Tiny plastic pieces are in waterways, in our bodies, and now researchers have found microplastics in clouds on top of Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama.

microplastics, environmental toxicology, oyama, draftmicroplastics and their impact on the human endocrine system, plastic, water pollution, hiroshi okochi

FAA Proposes Stricter Rocket Disposal Rules to Tackle Space Junk

Thu, 09/21/2023 - 16:49

Gizmodo : Environment

As more rockets liftoff into the skies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is trying to control how long those launch vehicles stay in orbit as floating space junk.

disaster accident, Environment, Space Debris, space launch, nasa orbital debris program office, launch vehicle, clearspace 1

In late July, the Aeolus

Pollution

Lawn Equipment Spews ‘Shocking’ Amount of Air Pollution, New Data Shows

air pollution, Pollution, lawn, united states vehicle emission standards, Environment, kelly giard, home appliances

Democrats Release ‘Most Comprehensive Plan Ever’ to Address Plastics Problem

containers, anja brandon, Ed Markey, packaging, mass production, water pollution, Pollution

Dusting and Mopping Better Than Air Purifiers for Cleaning Indoor Air After a Wildfire

wildfire, disaster accident, Environment, air purifier, particulates, smog, indoor air quality

The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

economy, energy, Advertising, Media, Discourse, Science, marketing

Humans have launched so much to space that it's actually polluting Earth's atmosphere, a new study found

Science, Space, space-junk, ozone, Pollution

Dish Network Hit With Historic Fine Over Space Debris

Dish Network, Space Debris, disaster accident, echostar, Environment, graveyard orbit, communications satellite

The Microplastics Are in the Clouds Now

microplastics, environmental toxicology, oyama, draftmicroplastics and their impact on the human endocrine system, plastic, water pollution, hiroshi okochi

FAA Proposes Stricter Rocket Disposal Rules to Tackle Space Junk

disaster accident, Environment, Space Debris, space launch, nasa orbital debris program office, launch vehicle, clearspace 1

4 ways you're doing your laundry all wrong that are harming the environment

Science, Features, microplastics, Environment, Pollution

Wind Satellite's Final Moments Captured Before Intentional Destruction

Environment, tommaso parrinello, adm aeolus, Pollution, spaceflight, space traffic management, Space Debris