Randle Reef in #Hamilton Harbour is one of the most contaminated sediment sites in the #GreatLakes after over a century of #pollution from manufacturing. The 60 ha site has high legacy polycyclic aromatic #hydrocarbons (PAHs) from petroleum refining, coal tar gasification, steel making, and sewage. The last cleanup phase is confining toxic sediment in a 6.5 ha engineered containment facility (ECF) lined by deep-driven steel sheet pile walls, which is then capped-sealed.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/randle-reef-cleaning-step-three-1.6958295

The Onion: Study Finds Massive Uptick In Births 9 Months After International Carrot Day https://www.theonion.com/study-finds-massive-uptick-in-births-9-months-after-int-1850664946 #hydrocarbons #carotenoids #uptickrule #eltongates #vitamina #carotene #carrot #daucus

the most dramatic winter for #Europe since #WorldWarII, the winter with the greatest shortage of #hydrocarbons and energy, the winter that will decide the future of the #EU, suddenly climate change is reaching new record highs.

Perhaps climate change has chosen sides and is clearly pro-#NATO. 🤣

A bituminised desert?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-03/back-roads-travels-strzelecki-track-heather-ewart/102477130
#Strzelecki #Desert #Bitumen #Petroleum #hydrocarbons #Roads #climate #Biodiversity

The #energy crisis last year accelerated #Europe ’s commitment to energy transition, and everyone saw the need to reduce reliance on #Russian gas imports, as well as #gas and #hydrocarbons in the medium- to long-term, chart @GoldmanSachs

#Hydrocarbons will continue to be an important part of the energy mix in Southeast Asia, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on June 26, as affordability and energy security remain key concerns for the region of more than half a billion people.
https://trib.al/rMRqi21 #press

Energy Central: "Surging New England Energy Prices: No Surprise." New England consumers paid record high prices last yr for home heating + electricity. Shortages of natural gas and squabbles with New York State over methane gas pipelines drove the process. 'The combination of electricity and natural gas heating bills exceeded $1,000 per month for an average-sized house in Massachusetts, even though winter temperatures in New England were warmer than average.' Eighty percent of homes in New England, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, heat with fuels from oil and gas. "Hydrocarbon fuel share of home heating is natural gas (39%), fuel oil and kerosene (33%), and propane or liquid petroleum gas (8%). Because methane gas pipeline capacity is constricted, New England "must import up to 30 percent of its gas by LNG tanker and pay high world market prices." Energy efficiency should come first, with weather-stripping, insulation + better windows, which will be faster, easier + cheaper then trying to increase energy supply. Heat pumps + induction cooktops will help rapidly as well. Then focus on renewables, which are local + sustainable. After reviewing New England electric rates in the graphic, next look at California with its wildfires + flooding. Climate change is being experienced as economic deterioration on both coasts. Climate change is inherently inflationary. #efficiency #hydrocarbons #climatechange

Risk of developing #rheumatoid #arthritis doubled by #polycyclic #aromatic #hydrocarbons exposure
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/risk-of-developing-rheumatoid-arthritis-doubled-by-polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons-exposure/4017450.article

Europe may be (trying to) slowly weaning itself off #hydrocarbons but the good times are still rolling in for the #Gulf #Petrostates..

Welcome to a new era of #petrodollar power from #TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/04/09/welcome-to-a-new-era-of-petrodollar-power

On Earth, EVERY single cell has lipids that protects the inside of the cell. So they are universal biomarkers as we know them. Pablo cares about the tails of the #phospholipids: the #hydrocarbons / #alkanes.

Some of these have been found on Mars!

Lipids are geostable and biomarkers.

Mineral oil #hydrocarbons (MOH) comprise a wide range of #chemical compounds obtained mainly from petroleum distillation & refining.

Find out more on our topic page 📖
👉 https://europa.eu/!FqWR9R

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1635976693172039682

Our experts provisionally concluded that mineral oil saturated #hydrocarbons (#MOSH) do not pose a health concern

They also confirmed that some substances in the group known as mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (#MOAH) are a possible health concern

👉 https://europa.eu/!jKmCTy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1635976690777112576

📣 | #EUHaveYourSay

📖 Draft scientific opinion on mineral oil #hydrocarbons in food is out for #PublicConsultation

Deadline to submit comments |⏰30/04/2023

Learn more 👉 https://europa.eu/!jKmCTy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1635976686381441026

Paleogeomagnetic and isotope study reveals the timing of hydrocarbon evolution
#Paleogeomagnetic
#Isotopes
#Hydrocarbons https://phys.org/news/2023-02-paleogeomagnetic-isotope-reveals-hydrocarbon-evolution.html
>In sedimentary basins, the evolution of hydrocarbon including oil/gas generation, migration, and accumulation, as well as reservoir destruction, is often controlled by regional tectonic activities.

RT @AfricanEnergy
Our new #Tunisia map illustrates the country's #oilandgas exploration and production profile.

https://www.africa-energy.com/map/new-energy-map-tunisia-illustrates-countrys-oil-and-gas-exploration-and

#hydrocarbons #africa #energy #northafrica

So much time and money is wasted coming up with "new" "solutions" to #climate problems. The solution is simple. Don't use #hydrocarbons

@kkarhan it is impossible to 100% isolate nations, economically, whose #hydrocarbons are a global energy source. Or ones integral to the global economy like, #China

Let's do an early #FollowFriday #Introduction to help us #Pollution people find each other on the 🐘 site

Add yourself & colleagues into the thread so we can follow you if you work in #Ecotoxicology #Toxicology #EnvironmentalChemistry #EmergingContaminants #POPs #PFAS #Plastic #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Metals #Hydrocarbons #Pesticides #Particulates #Nutrients #Light #ALAN #Noise #Atmosphere #Water #Soil #Exposome #EnvironmentalRiskAssessment etc

Please boost & add any hashtags I've missed

COOH- #hydrocarbons #carboxyllic

a "paperclip" this is a sure sign the aingularity is perhaps here @akaWorf@twitter.com the one with the spacetime disturbance that "oopsie'd" the protogensd the Q continuum

will i even wake up the same, or something @POTUS@twitter.com
#pinata

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/scientists-recreated-classic-origin-of-life-experiment-and-made-a-new-discovery/