Mercury Archives - The Westside Story

Trump’s EPA challenges the legal basis for Obama-era mercury rule

Dec 29, 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that regulations limiting mercury and other emissions from power plants are not providing benefits worth the cost of their implementation, according to NPR. While...

Trump’s EPA will reexamine an Obama-era pollution rule on mercury emissions

West Side Story

Sep 1, 2018

Environment, Science

In another potential rollback of an Obama-era environmental regulation, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is rethinking rules that restrict emissions of mercury, as well as other pollutants, according to ...

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to EPA mercury emissions guidelines

West Side Story

Jul 27, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

A decision was made on Monday by the Supreme Court not to review an appeal filed by 20 states attempting to block EPA rules limiting emissions of mercury and other byproducts of coal production. The appeal was ...

Scientists find Magnetic connection of Mercury dated back to 4 billion years

Cody Gash

May 10, 2015

Innovation

NASA - A team of scientists studying rocks on the surface of Mercury with the help of Messenger spacecraft's data has come to know that Mercury's magnetic field was much stronger 4 billion years ago than it's t...

Messenger’s historic voyage ended with crash but NASA has learned a lot

Cody Gash

May 9, 2015

Innovation

NASA – A historic voyage by Scientists has come to an end although it cannot be defined to have ended on a good note. The least expected happened after a crash of the spacecraft that was carrying analytical ins...

NASA MESSENGER Probe ends its Mission by smashing into Mercury

Jamie Hacking

May 2, 2015

Innovation

The MESSENGER probe was originally planned to last for a year but got two lease of life and the end was spectacular in every measure. The messenger ended its life by smashing into the first member of the solar ...

NASA asks the public for help in naming craters in Mercury

Charles Omedo

Dec 17, 2014

Innovation

Five craters have just been discovered on the surface of Mercury, and NASA is asking the general public to provide or suggest names for the craters. Not every name can be considered though, because NASA has out...

NASA asks world to name Mercury Impact Craters

Jamie Hacking

Dec 16, 2014

Innovation

The NASA Messenger orbiter has been a big success considering the volume of data it has beamed back to Earth. It has beamed back more than 250,000 pictures and has mapped the entire surface of Mercury. The Orbi...

Small Dinosaur similar to Triceratops found, called Mercuriceratops

Platonium

Jun 19, 2014

Innovation

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur that is similar to the Triceratops. Called Mercuriceratops gemini, the dinosaur would have weighed around 2 tons, which is about half the size of the well-known Tricera...

Pregnant women advised to eat more fish for health benefits

Platonium

Jun 10, 2014

Health

Federal officials are now urging pregnant women and young children to eat fish that is low in mercury two or three times a week in order to gain important health benefits. Previously, pregnant women and youn...

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