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6PPD-Quinone Linked to Coho Salmon Deaths in Urban Streams
SEATTLE, July 7 — The figure that matters: 0.8 micrograms per liter. That is the lethal concentration of…
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Satellite Incineration Risks Ozone Layer and Climate
WASHINGTON, July 7 — 7,800 kilograms. That is the figure that matters. That is the estimated mass of…
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Toxic Tire Chemical 6PPD-Q Threatens Coho Salmon Survival
SEATTLE — On the surface of a worn tire, a chemical transformation is underway, and researchers say it…
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Drone strike on Russia’s largest refinery signals escalation in energy war
OMSIK, July 7 — The shift is geographic as much as strategic. Russia’s largest oil refinery, the Omsk…
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OPEC’s 1973 oil embargo reshaped global politics and economics
WASHINGTON, July 7 — On the ground in American cities today, the memory of gasoline lines stretching for…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX deorbiting hundreds of Starlink satellites
LOS ANGELES, July 7 — A regulatory filing by the Federal Communications Commission shows that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite…
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Strait of Hormuz Attacks Raise Oil Prices, Jolt Global Markets
LONDON, July 7 — The story begins not with a single event, but with a shadow that has…
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Power outage cripples MTN Uganda services, exposing digital infrastructure risks
KAMPALA, July 7 — A power failure at a data center knocked out services for MTN Uganda customers…
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NOAA Scientist Murphy Finds Satellite Aluminum in Stratosphere
BOULDER, July 7 — On a clear Colorado morning, Daniel Murphy walks into his office at the National…
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Reshapes Space Amid Environmental Debate
LONDON, July 7 — The technical reality of Elon Musk’s sprawling empire is that no single descriptor quite…
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Taneco Refinery: Russia’s Largest Oil Facility’s Strategic Role
NIZHNEKAMSK, July 7 — Against the backdrop of shifting energy markets and the grinding conflict in Ukraine, the…
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Historical Precedent: Satellite Re-Entries Evolve Disposal Practices
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 7 — SpaceX has deorbited 260 Starlink satellites in the past six months, a pace…
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Magnitude 5 Quake Hits Reykjanes Ridge, No Tsunami Warning Issued
REYKJANES RIDGE, July 7 — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck the Reykjanes Ridge early Tuesday morning. The U.S.…
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Ukrainian Drones Strike Gazprom Neft CEO’s Siberian Refinery
LONDON, July 7 — Alexander Dyukov, the chief executive of Gazprom Neft, has spent more than a decade…
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Planned satellite count tops 40,000, raising environmental toll fears
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The orbital environment above Earth is being reshaped at a pace without precedent, and…
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Russia’s Largest Oil Refinery in Omsk Faces Strategic Pressure
OMSK, July 7 — The Omsk Oil Refinery, Russia’s largest by processing capacity and owned by Gazprom Neft…
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FCC Proposes Exempting Satellite Constellations from NEPA Environmental Review
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent U.S. government agency established by the Communications Act of…
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Satellite burn-up creates aluminum oxides, depleting ozone layer
WASHINGTON, July 7 — The orbital economy is leaving a lasting chemical footprint in the upper atmosphere, and…
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What Happens Next: Research Steps and Regulatory Implications
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing the tire chemical 6PPD-quinone under the Toxic Substances Control Act,…
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Scientists solve 30-year-old molecular mystery of rye pollen compounds
EVANSTON, July 7 — A pair of molecules first glimpsed in rye pollen nearly three decades ago have…
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Starlink Satellites Deorbit Via Controlled Burn-Up Process
REDMOND, Wash., July 7 — The number that matters: 500. That is how many Starlink satellites SpaceX has…
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SpaceX Vaporizes 260 Starlink Satellites, Raising Debris Concerns
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 7 — Over the course of six months ending in early 2025, SpaceX steered 260…
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FCC Proposes Satellite NEPA Exemption, Sparks Environmental Debate
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a rule change that would exempt satellite systems from environmental…
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FCC Proposal Sparks Debate Over Satellite Environmental Reviews
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is nearing a final decision on a proposal that would exempt satellite…
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