FILE - Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kansas, Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Greenhouse gases kill. The United States is one of the world’s most prolific polluters of them.
Harmful greenhouse gas emissions per person in West Virginia nearly quintupled the national average last year, driven by the state’s high conc…
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has allowed developers of what it identified as data center projects to keep substant…
Ecology
Dear EarthTalk: Is there any proof that recent advances in air quality monitoring and the widespread sharing of the results have materially re…
Nucor Corp. has submitted an application for the first of several permits it will need to build its new steel mill in Mason County.
Betty Rivard grew up learning from her father, an air pollution regulator, how to read a scale called a Ringelmann chart, used for determining…
Dear Earthtalk: How has all the wildfire smoke in the West over the last few summers impacted human health? And what can we do to stay safe am…
Botany
Dear Earthtalk: Besides generating seasonal allergens, do any plants actually reduce air quality or cause air pollution? — Mike T., San Juan, …
