Household Cleaning Products Increased Surface Ozone by 150–200%

  • COVID-19 lockdown is reducing two pollutants but increasing another.
  • Reduction in automobile emissions is one potentially positive outcome of the pandemic.
  • Levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter pollution have fallen.
  • Levels of surface ozone in China have increased by 150–200%.
  • Surface ozone can cause severe health problems, including pulmonary and cardiac diseases.
  • A variety of household products and industrial sources release volatile organic compounds.

According to an article...

https://mfame.guru/household-cleaning-products-increased-surface-ozone-by-150-200/

FY2021 budget would slash waterways funding, impose user fees

President Trump’s FY2021 budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers repeats a familiar playbook used by both his and previous administrations to impose deep spending cuts for the agency that oversees the inland waterways system and new fees on the navigation industry that Congress has continually rejected.

The budget proposal that was sent by the White House to Congress on Monday envisions a 22% reduction to the Corps’ civil works budget, from the current enacted level of $7.7 billion to $5.966...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/fy2021-budget-would-slash-waterways-funding-impose-user-fees/