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The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication ( YPCCC) is a research center within the Yale School of the Environment that conducts scientific research on public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior at the global, national, and local scales. It grew out of a conference held in Aspen, Colorado, in 2005.
The environmental impact of fracking is related to land use and water consumption, air emissions, including methane emissions, brine and fracturing fluid leakage, water contamination, noise pollution, and health. Water and air pollution are the biggest risks to human health from fracking. [1] Research has determined that fracking negatively ...
Fracking, also called hydraulic fracturing, is a way to get natural gas and oil from underground rock formations called shale. Shale rock is made of many thin, fragile layers of compressed mud and ...
Fracking. Environmental impact of fracking in the United States has been an issue of public concern, and includes the contamination of ground and surface water, methane emissions, [1] air pollution, migration of gases and fracking chemicals and radionuclides to the surface, the potential mishandling of solid waste, drill cuttings, increased ...
Fracking (also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracing, hydrofracturing, or hydrofracking) is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of ...
If you have high astigmatism, your vision might get blurry when the lenses rotate. Toric contacts, a type just for astigmatism, are less likely to move around, but they’re more expensive. If you ...
Pregnancy and childbirth can also trigger mental health conditions, including perinatal depression, gender dysphoria, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Abortion does not seem to trigger ...
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions ( C2ES) is an environmental nonprofit organization based in Arlington, Virginia. [1] Launched in 2011, C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. [2] C2ES lobbies policymakers to promote their preferred policies at the state, national, and international levels.