The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is so loaded with carbon dioxide that it can barely absorb any more, so more of the gas will stay in the atmosphere to warm up the planet. Researcher Corinne Le Quere said: โWe thought we would be able to detect these only the second half of this century, say 2050 or so.โ But data from 1981 through 2004 show the sink is already full of carbon dioxide. โSo I find this really quite alarming,โ she added.
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.
