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An effort to improve scientific integrity in the federal government

A bill that would require scientific integrity polices at federal agencies is set to advance through Congress, but it faces many obstacles to become law.

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What India looks like when the air turns poison

The toxic New Delhi skies are caused in part by the burning of crops, and officials have begun restricting car use, shutting primary schools and halting construction projects.

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NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

NASA scientists are closely studying the phenomenon in hopes of figuring out precisely how global warming is eating away at Greenland's ice.

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Groundwater policies behind added air pollution in northwest India

The study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, reveals how water-use policies require farmers to transplant rice later in the year.

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Climate change: Earth on track for hottest July on record after warmest ever June

If temperatures continue on current course, this month will be planet's hottest in history.

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Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible

Antarctica faces a tipping point where glacial melting will accelerate and become irreversible even if global heating eases, research suggests.

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Florida startup looking to crowdfund Hudson River cleanup

A Florida startup company is looking to pair new technology licensed for use by NASA and large- scale public donations to pay for the continued Hudson River PCB cleanup.

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Trump's White House pressures NASA on climate science

Someone is being indoctrinated by bad science.

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Emails: Trump official pressed NASA on climate science

WASHINGTON (AP) — Once a skeptic about climate change, Jim Bridenstine came around to the prevailing view of scientists before he took over as NASA administrator. That evolution did not sit well...

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GRACE data contributes to understanding of climate change: Expanded investigation through 2021 to be highly dependent on TACC supercomputing systems

The team that led a twin satellite system launched in 2002 to take detailed measurements of the Earth, called the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), reports on the contributions that their nearly two decades of data have made to our understanding of global climate patterns.

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These days, it’s not about the polar bears

Efforts to inspire more action against climate change have moved from trying to scare you to telling how you can make a difference.

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NASA study confirms global warming trends

The government’s space agency verified global warming trends – with one disturbing difference.

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Satellite confirms key NASA temperature data: The planet is warming - and fast

New research from satellites indicates one of the most important climate data sets has it right.

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What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for regional communities and beyond

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

An effort to improve scientific integrity in the federal government

What India looks like when the air turns poison

NASA has a new airplane. It runs on clean electricity

Arctic sea ice hits 2nd lowest on record

NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

Groundwater policies behind added air pollution in northwest India

Climate change: Earth on track for hottest July on record after warmest ever June

Glacial melting in Antarctica may become irreversible

Florida startup looking to crowdfund Hudson River cleanup

Trump's White House pressures NASA on climate science

Emails: Trump official pressed NASA on climate science

GRACE data contributes to understanding of climate change: Expanded investigation through 2021 to be highly dependent on TACC supercomputing systems

These days, it’s not about the polar bears

NASA study confirms global warming trends

Satellite confirms key NASA temperature data: The planet is warming - and fast

Bhopal nocturne

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Federal tests 'dramatically' undercount BPA and other chemical exposures

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

Coraopolis drinking water shows PFAS contamination among highest in Pennsylvania, but below federal advisory

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

Exposed: A scientific stalemate leaves our hormones and health at risk

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for regional communities and beyond

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

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