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A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells
Brad Handler, program director of the Energy Finance Lab at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, discusses the methodologies used for methane emissions and how they may change in the future in this article.
January 16, 2025
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In a first, the E.P.A. warns of ‘forever chemicals’ in sludge fertilizer
Christopher P. Higgins, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is quoted in this article that notes levels of PFAS in sewage sludge used as fertilizer can pose risks that sometimes exceed EPA safety thresholds by several orders of magnitude.
January 14, 2025
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This is how scientists measure global temperature
The temperature change between two nearby locations is remarkably consistent, said Nathan Lenssen, a climate scientist at the Colorado School of Mines and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. “When it’s 2 degrees warmer than normal in Denver, it’s going to be 2 degrees warmer than normal at the top of Bear Peak.”
January 14, 2025