Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 04:03:29 +0000
In Texas, methane leaking from fracking sites is not only heating the planet. It’s also making people ill. Locals have reported headaches, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems, and they are calling on fossil fuel companies to clean up their act
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:40:43 +0000
International consensus on cross-border environmental issues has been difficult to achieve, but the 40-year-old Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air-Pollution (or LRTAP as it is known to development professionals) has enjoyed great, if largely unsung, success in the fight against air pollution and climate change
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:37:59 +0000
“Excess CO2 isn’t just heating the planet, it’s making our brains fuzzy,” according to research from Harvard University
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 16:29:38 +0000
The Texas Observer reports that fecal dust is choking the communities living in the Texas Panhandle, and the state’s regulatory agency isn’t helping the issue. The Texas Panhandle produces a fifth of the U.S. beef supply
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:58:14 +0000
Asian American, African American, and Latino residents in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region are exposed to substantially more air pollution from cars, trucks, and buses than other demographic groups
Credit to Author: Mahmood Fazal| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:07:46 +0000
If you’re living in Sydney or Melbourne you can expect some damage and possible health consequences in the future.
Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:41:22 +0000
Pleasantly called natural gas and sold to many as a better solution, a good transition fuel, natural gas has been dominating new US electricity capacity alongside renewable energy. Yet, hydraulic fracking absolutely takes the “natural” out of it. Originally, natural gas was successfully sold as a cleaner transition fuel. Who knew there were not even laws on the books to address the hidden pollutants, and that there would be much information lacking about the truth of the acid stimulation, hydraulic fracturing, and other new extraction technologies
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:11:00 +0000
The musician Meatloaf tweeted recently that he didn’t believe in climate change and that Greta Thunberg was brainwashed. The truth is that it’s not about Meatloaf, it’s not about Greta, it’s not about you or me
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 01:21:38 +0000
Air pollution killed nearly 10,000 Americans in 2018, and 2019 must have seen a similar total
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:47:06 +0000
A new global study found that people exposed to high levels of pollution are about 10% more likely to suffer from depression.
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