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    • Study: Air pollution from farms leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths per year

      Posted by Bill on June 5, 2021
      Air Pollution, Chemicals Pesticides Fertilizers, Climate Crisis, Food Production, Health, Studies Reports Tools

      Washington Post: Air pollution from farms leads to 17,900 U.S. deaths per year, study finds. A first-of-its-kind study shows that lung-irritating particles from fertilizer, feed lots and manure cause thousands of premature deaths — even more than coal power plants. But using more sustainable farming practices and eating less […]


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    • NY Times Climate Fwd: May 12, 2021

      Posted by Bill on June 5, 2021
      Activists, Air Pollution, Alternative Energy, Climate Crisis, Financial Implications, Laws Regulations, Studies Reports Tools

      Articles include: A breakthrough for U.S. wind power; interactive maps; circular economy; California cutting smog; gas flaring;


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    • Study: Greenhouse Emissions Are Messing With the Stratosphere

      Posted by Bill on May 25, 2021
      Air Pollution, Climate Crisis, GHGs, including methane, Studies Reports Tools

      Mother Jones: Greenhouse Emissions Are Messing With the Stratosphere, a New Study Reveals. It raises the worrisome question of atmospheric effects yet to be discovered.

      Humanity’s enormous emissions of greenhouse gases are shrinking the stratosphere, a new study has revealed.

      The thickness of the atmospheric layer has contracted by 400 meters since the […]


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    • DeSmogBlog, May 8, 2021

      Posted by Bill on May 9, 2021
      Air Pollution, Climate Crisis, Denialism, Food Production, Health, International, Pipelines, Sierra Club, Studies Reports Tools, US Government Agencies

      Articles include: Oregon Utility Using Greenwashing and ‘Renewable Natural Gas’ To Push Back on Potential Gas Bans; New Government Report Highlights Federal Failures to Oversee Offshore Drilling [report is here]; New Lawsuit Challenges ‘Fast-Track’ Permits Used for Oil and Gas Pipelines Nationwide; Over a Half-million Americans Live Near […]


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    • Yale Climate Connections, April 30, 2021

      Posted by Bill on May 9, 2021
      Air Pollution, Alternative Energy, Climate Crisis, Denialism, Financial Implications, Food Production, Health, International, Sea Level Rise, Studies Reports Tools

      Articles include: Major parties’ climate programs are miles apart; With seas rising, stalled research budgets must also rise; Cities’ notable efforts on climate change; Citrus farming and geothermal energy; Sea-level rise could submerge fiber optic cables, a key component of internet infrastructure; Air pollution […]


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    • Study: Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color

      Posted by Bill on May 9, 2021
      Air Pollution, Climate Crisis, Health, Studies Reports Tools

      Washington Post: Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds. Black, Latino and Asian Americans face higher levels of exposure to fine particulate matter from traffic, construction and other sources.

      Nearly every source of the nation’s most pervasive and deadly air pollutant disproportionately affects Americans of […]


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    • Study: Natural Gas Is Now More Deadly Than Coal in 19 States

      Posted by Bill on May 9, 2021
      Air Pollution, Climate Crisis, Coal and Coal Ash, Health, Studies Reports Tools

      Gizmodo: Natural Gas Is Now More Deadly Than Coal in 19 States. Unhealthy air pollution generally brings to mind coal-fired plants spewing black soot from a smokestack. But that image may quickly be becoming outdated. A study published on Wednesday in Environmental Research Letters found that using […]


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    • Blowing up mountains to mine coal

      Posted by Bill on May 9, 2021
      Air Pollution, Coal and Coal Ash, Health, Toxic Waste

      Salon.com: We still blow up mountains to mine coal: Time to end the war on Appalachia. The dying coal industry’s last gasp is “mountaintop removal” mining — and it’s even worse than it sounds.

      On Earth Day this year, as President Biden assembled world leaders to a climate summit to focus on […]


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    • Study: Tiny air pollutants may come from different sources, but they all show a similar biased trend

      Posted by Bill on May 9, 2021
      Air Pollution, Health, Studies Reports Tools

      Popular Science: Tiny air pollutants may come from different sources, but they all show a similar biased trend. The study found that unequal exposures to fine particulate matter air pollution aren’t driven by a single source.

      Air pollution from fine particulate matter—extremely small bits of material like soot that can enter the […]


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    • NY Times Climate Fwd, April 28, 2021

      Posted by Bill on May 5, 2021
      Air Pollution, Climate Crisis, Financial Implications, GHGs, including methane, Health, International

      Articles include: Biden’s agenda; Cost of action and inaction on climate change; Canada, China, and Norway; clean air and health.


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