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Fertilizer Chemicals Linked to Animal Developmental Woes

Fertilizer chemicals may pose a bigger hazard to the environment — specifically to creatures that live in water…

Fertilizer Chemicals Linked to Animal Developmental Woes

Fertilizer chemicals pose hazard to environment — specifically to creatures that live in water — than originally foreseen…

Gulf Seafood Health Concerns Linger

Impact of oil disaster extends well beyond coastal region…

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Air and Water Pollution an Increasing Threat to Human Life:  While substantial progress has been made, our worldwide population continues to grow, putting added pressures on the planet. The earth’s population has doubled from 3.3 billion to 6.7 billion in the last 40 years, and is expected to reach 9 million by the year 2040.
 
Acid Rain and It’s Effects:  acid rain can occur via natural sources like volcanoes but it is mainly caused by the release of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide during fossil fuel combustion.  These acids then disperse over large areas because of wind patterns and fall back to the ground as acid rain or other forms of precipitation…
 
Storm Water Effects and What You Can Do: stormwater runoff occurs when precipitation from rain or snowmelt flows over the ground. Impervious surfaces like driveways, sidewalks, and streets prevent stormwater runoff from naturally soaking into the ground.  Stormwater can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland, or coastal water…
 
What is The Ozone Hole:  the Springtime Antarctic ozone hole is a new phenomenon that appeared in the early 1980s.  The ozone hole is formed each year when there is a sharp decline (currently up to 60%) in the total ozone over most of Antarctica for a period of about three months…

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DOE National Laboratory Releases Annual Accomplishments Report

NETL Highlights Research Successes of the Past Year and Century…

Secretary Chu Announces U.S. Centers for U.S.-China Clean Energy Research

The U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center will help accelerate the development and deployment of clean vehicle and clean coal technologies here at home…

Projects To Develop Novel Monitoring Networks for Advanced Power Systems Selected

Five projects that will develop technologically sophisticated monitoring networks for advanced fossil energy power systems…

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Research Files

Utility Solar Assessment Study (pdf)

American utilities can reach 10% solar by 2025 (June 2008)

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