Crazy-sounding ideas for saving the planet are getting a serious look: The man-made โvolcanoโ that shoots gigatons of sulfur high into the air. The space โsun shadeโ made of trillions of little reflectors between Earth and sun, slightly lowering the planet’s temperature. The forest of ugly artificial โtreesโ that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. And the โGeritol solutionโ in which iron dust is dumped into the ocean.
More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giantโs promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.
Nearly two thirds of countryโs pig and poultry farms leach polluting manure into lough that supplies half the region's drinking water, according to latest research.
Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator, who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.
The Reform leader is set to trigger a by-election in his seat.
