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US Revokes Limits on Power Plants' Climate Pollution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | tags: epa, carbon pollution standards, power plants

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Most of us don’t get to fly on private jets, but our taxes help fund them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: private jets, institute for policy studies, tax subsidies

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These ‘Crunchy’ Seabirds Are Crunchier Than Ever Before—for a Very Grim Reason (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | tags: seabirds, plastic waste, ocean pollution

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Assessing biological degradation of non-hydrolysable synthetic polymers (feeds.nature.com)

2026-09-16 | by Stepnov | tags: plastic pollution, pet degradation, microbial enzymes

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Trump EPA moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-15 | get Airthings View Plus air quality monitor → | tags: epa, carbon pollution standards, clean air act

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Trump’s EPA Will Let Power Companies Unleash Unlimited Greenhouse Gas Pollution (futurism.com)

2026-09-15 | by Frank Landymore | tags: epa, greenhouse gas pollution, coal power plants

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Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules (theverge.com)

2026-09-14 | by Justine Calma | tags: epa, climate pollution, fossil fuels

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The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | by Adam Mahoney | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor PM2.5 → | tags: epa, data centers, air-pollution permits

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The EPA Is Planning to Scrap Public Review Rules for Data Center Pollution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | by Adam Mahoney | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor PM2.5 → | tags: epa, data centers, air pollution permits

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Plastics Companies Are Writing Lesson Plans. What Could Go Wrong? (wired.com)

2026-09-07 | by Joseph Winters | get Klean Kanteen insulated stainless steel water bottle → | tags: plastic pollution coalition, plastics industry, plastivan

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This EPA proposal on data centers could leave the public in the dark about air pollution (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-03 | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor PM2.5 → | tags: epa, data centers, air pollution

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Cleaning Products May Expose You to as Much Air Pollution as a Busy Street (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-28 | get Levoit Core 300S air purifier HEPA → | tags: cleaning products, air pollution, scented products

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If You Hate Scented Cleaning Products, Prepare to Feel Hugely Vindicated (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-28 | get Levoit Core 300S air purifier HEPA → | tags: scented cleaning products, airborne particles, air pollution

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Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution (theverge.com)

2026-08-28 | by Justine Calma | get Temtop M10 air quality monitor PM2.5 → | tags: epa, data centers, air pollution

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The EPA’s Response to AI Data Center Backlash: Keep Building, but Keep It Hush-Hush (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-25 | get Airthings View Plus air quality monitor → | tags: epa, clean air act, ai data center

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50 Years of Bronx River Clean-Up Efforts Lead to the First Otter Sighting in a Century (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: bronx river, otter sighting, pollution cleanup

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Ozone: The fault is not in our trees, but in ourselves (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: ozone, trees, fault

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Why the Ocean Cleanup hasn't solved the plastic pollution crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Dr. David Shiffman | tags: the ocean cleanup, plastic pollution, marine ecologist

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Why the Ocean Cleanup Hasn't Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-20 | by Dr. David Shiffman | tags: the ocean cleanup, plastic pollution, marine ecologist

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Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | by Smitha Mundasad | tags: queen mary university, london, air pollution

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Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: antarctica, heavy metal pollution, climate change

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This stunning NASA map tracks our summer of wildfire smoke (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: nasa, wildfire smoke, canada fires

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Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-16 | tags: wildfire smoke, clean air act, university of maryland

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I Sell a Sustainable Product I Believe in, But My Industry Is Misleading Consumers. Here’s the Truth. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | by Vishal Vivek | tags: bioplastics, composting infrastructure, plastic pollution

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Researchers mapped U.S. public parks with toxic waste dumps. What they found was frightening (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: superfund sites, hazardous waste, public parks

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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the US (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-08 | by Anthony Ha | tags: amazon, pecos county, natural gas

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Rays Found in Polluted NYC Creek Might Be Sign of Environmental Hope (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: newtown creek, nyc, pollution

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This viral clip reveals what a data center sounds like. People are comparing it to torture (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: data center, michigan, noise pollution

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You Are Entirely Unprepared for the Noise This Data Center Constantly Blasts at Neighbors’ Homes (futurism.com)

2026-07-28 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data center, dowagiac, noise pollution

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'It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room': Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residents (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hyperscale data, alliance cloud services, cryptocurrency mining