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Environment
Proximity to oil and gas wells linked to increased mortality from COVID-19
The life cycle stages of oil, gas, and coal, and their associated air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Credit: Energy Research and Social Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103104 From December 2019 to May 2022, 82 million coronavirus cases were reported in the United States, with approximately 1 million deaths related to the disease. Some communities have been particularly hard hit, including those…
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Chemistry
Chemists discover easy way to make biodiesel from waste oil
Graphical summary. Credit: Energy and Fuels (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c03643 Chemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz have discovered a new way to make biodiesel from waste oil that simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. The discovery has the potential to make alternative fuel sources more attractive to the large industrial sector that is the backbone of the…
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Environment
North Sea oil pollution is ‘significantly underestimated’, new report suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. A tragic explosion on an oil drilling platform in 1988 claimed the lives of 167 people. At that time, I was fortunate not to know about the impact that disaster would have on the ecosystem. However, the 670 tonne…
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