After several states began requiring that hydraulic fracturing firms disclose their activities and the chemical composition of their fracturing fluids, the firms changed their behaviors and local water quality improved.
While air pollution from China makes South Korean residents sicker, strong Chinese air policies have led to fewer deaths over time—saving South Korea $2.62 billion per year.
Up to 3 times more children suffer severe hunger with each El Niño than from Covid-19. El Niño events provide a snapshot of the future under climate change and chronicle...
The estimated impact on water quality is more pronounced during the period when wells generate large amounts of flowback and produced water, and where water monitors are closest to wells....
Facing political pressures to improve surface water quality, local officials enforced tighter water quality regulations on polluters the central government could track, while shirking on their responsibility to reduce pollution...
Study shows home values within the immediate area of a power plant’s opening dropped 11 percent, an accumulated loss of over $4 million per plant, and low birth rates increased...