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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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Barrett and his colleagues developed such tools, drawing on fundamental work by Daven Henze at the University of Colorado at Boulder, to track how every state in the contiguous US affects pollution and health outcomes in every other state. and/or ozone. Early-death source–receptor matrices for 2011. Dedoussi, I.C., Eastham, S.D.,

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Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

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The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. Hydrocarbons react with NO x and sunlight to produce ozone. Click to enlarge. Gvakharia, A.

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