Tag: air pollution
Top cancerous air pollution sites in US revealed
The worst three are in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," five of the top 20 are in Texas, and predominantly Black areas experience double the cancer risk of white areas.
EPA to reconsider the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone
"The Environmental Protection Agency now has an opportunity to strengthen our national, health-based standards for ground-level ozone."
Smoke from western wildfires to spread as far as New York
Wildfire smoke is a problem because it contributes to air pollution.
France moves to ban short-haul flights
This is not the first time that climate measures and aviation bailouts have coincided in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Teenage activists post signs to warn of toxic air in London...
"We took action so that lawmakers, decision makers and politicians finally take this climate and air quality crisis seriously, for everyone's sake."
Wildfire smoke is more toxic than other forms of air pollution,...
“Anything we can do today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize the global climate system will have significant benefits.”
Concept hybrid planes could reduce deadly air pollution by 95 percent
“If you want to get to a net-zero aviation sector, this is a potential way of solving the air pollution part of it, which is significant, and in a way that’s technologically quite viable.”
Air pollution is linked to permanent vision loss, study finds
University College London researchers hypothesized that air pollution might heighten the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration.
US air pollution regulation saved over 1.5 billion birds
“Our research shows that the benefits of environmental regulation have likely been underestimated.”
This Indian startup turns polluted air into climate-friendly tiles
Indian startup Carbon Craft Design (CCD)'s ultimate vision is to construct a "carbon-conscious building" with each component derived from processing air pollutants.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.