sulfur dioxide, definition of

A compound composed of one sulfur and two oxygen molecules. Sulfur dioxide emitted into the atmosphere through natural and anthropogenic processes is changed in a complex series of chemical reactions in the atmosphere to sulfate aerosols. These aerosols are believed to result in negative radiative forcing (i.e., tending to cool the Earth's surface) and do result in acid deposition (e.g., acid rain).

• “Green” Weaponization in Missouri: Ameren vs. Ratepayers, Taxpayers
  Ameren is a willing participant, as they stand to get seven times (or more) the rate base from a renewables program as compared to continued operation of fossil-fueled power plants such as (but not limited to) Rush Island.
• Scientists Notice: Nightmare Sulfur Injection Geoengineering Plan Might Cause Problems
  If you block the sun, you hurt food production. There's even a study. But this terrifying problem has not stopped climate enthusiasts from pushing forward with an attempt to recreate the end of the dinosaur age, to "save" us from 1C of global warming.
• EPA cancels plan to clean up polluting Texas coal plants
  Big Brown, a coal-fired Texas power plant, spews out sulfur dioxide at rates as much as 50 times higher than coal plants fitted with newer technology. Under President Barack Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed to clean up Big Brown...
• Study Claims Driving Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Won’t Slow Climate Change
  Researchers from North Carolina State University report that despite the recent increase in electric drive passenger vehicles (EDVs) sales, will not significantly reduce emissions of high-profile air pollutants such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide or...
• Study Shows Driving Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Won’t Slow Climate Change
  Electric vehicles are all the rage but a new study reveals they won't stop climate change. Researchers from North Carolina State University report that despite the recent increase in electric drive passenger vehicles (EDVs) sales, will not significantly...
• China Calls for Fireworks Ban During Lunar New Year Celebration to Curb Air Pollution
  Image via Shutterstock For generations, the Chinese Lunar New Year has been celebrated with red money-filled envelopes, family dinners, and exploding firecrackers that herald the days to come...
• China Calls for Fireworks Ban During Lunar New Year Celebration
  Image via Shutterstock For generations, the Chinese Lunar New Year has been celebrated with red money-filled envelopes, family dinners, and exploding firecrackers that herald the days to come...
• CEI Comments Submitted to EPA on the Agency’s Regional Haze Power Grab
  In a recent blog, I explained how the Environmental Protection Agency is hybridizing disparate provisions of the Clean Air Act in order to engineer greater regulatory authority for itself...
• Dramatic satellite images of the Ethiopian eruption
  The MODIS/AQUA rapidfire website finally had a pass overhead online early this AM of the Ethiopian/Eritrean area volcanic eruption of Nabro, and I have them below...