Exposure to air pollution leads to higher risk of dementia
“By 2050, 68% of the world population is expected to live in urban areas, where they are continuously exposed to air pollution.”
How we can fight back against Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency
If we really want to fight Trump, we may have to make these changes without any tax break incentives. We might even have to pay for the privilege.
Oceans, tuberculosis and killer robots – the UN’s diverse agenda in 2017
The first session of the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons.
The U.S. has one inspector for every 5,000 miles of pipeline – or twice...
If U.S. president Donald Trump’s plans to complete both the long-disputed Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines come to fruition, they would add 327 miles and 1,172 miles, respectively, to that burden.
Nonprofit groups sue Monsanto over deceptive Roundup labeling
The groups are asking for equitable relief on behalf of the general public.
‘Massive’ methane leaks found coming from oil and gas sites in Europe
It is at these sites—storage tanks, pipelines, liquefied natural gas import terminals—where methane is leaking in large volumes.
IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping...
It’s at this level that people must focus much of their attention, to outweigh the influence of fossil fuel companies, find novel ways to fund decarbonisation and steer the economic recovery from COVID-19 towards a low-carbon future.
Scientists: Climate change may wipe out third of world’s parasites, with disastrous ripple effects
The loss of species of lice, fleas and worms could have profound ripple effects on the environment and might pave the way for new parasites to colonize humans and other animals with disastrous health outcomes.
Why is a dump for Hurricane Harvey debris next to an African American community?
“It is appalling what is going on in that community."
We are drowning in plastic, and fracking companies are profiting
Plastic production wreaks havoc on people and the planet – from fracking wells and pipelines in Pennsylvania, to air pollution from plastic plants in Scotland.