Environmental impact of hydrofracking vs. conventional gas/oil drilling: Research shows the differences may be minimal: Study is one of the first to use machine learning techniques to holistically assess general water quality data
Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country’s dependence on foreign oil and provided financial relief to U.S. consumers, but have also raised longstanding concerns about environmental damage, such as groundwater contamination. A researcher in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, and a team of scientists from […]
A New Report Shows Just How Hard 2020 Was On Moms
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has loosened its grip a bit on the United States, it is easy to forget just how devastating the past year was for millions of mothers in this country — and elsewhere. But a new report from the Center for Global Development, a nonprofit think tank, estimates that around the […]