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DeSmogBlog, Week of 8/19/2019
This week’s articles include:
Christopher Leonard’s New Book Puts an Ever-Expanding ‘Kochland’ on the Map
Fracking and Shale Drilling Caused Spike in Climate-Warming Methane Pollution, Says New Study
Another Death in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Brings Environmental Activists Together […]
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Study: Exposure to dispersant raised likelihood of neurological symptoms in Deepwater Horizon responders
This article discusses the neurological problems that a dispersant used in fighting the Deepwater Horizon disaster will likely cause responders.
U.S. Coast Guard members who were exposed to oil while responding to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe were twice as likely to experience headaches and dizziness as those who were not, according […]
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Study: Climate crisis and health of pregnant moms and children
This article discusses why children’s health is vulnerable to climate change, per the Canadian Paediatric Society. Society points to emerging health issues for kids that include heat-sickness and reduced air quality.
The Canadian Paediatric Society says it expects climate change to increasingly affect children’s health and is encouraging health-care providers […]
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Study: Fracking causing rise in methane emissions
This The Guardian article discusses why fracking is causing a rise in methane emissions, study finds. Researchers say boom in shale oil and gas major contributor to climate emergency.
Robert Howarth, the author of the paper published in the journal Biogeosciences, said the proportion of methane […]
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Study: Global Warming is Worsening China’s Pollution Problems
This Inside Climate News article discusses a study that shows that global warming is worsening China’s pollution problems, studies show. A bit like 19th Century London’s smog, scientists found that more frequent periods of stagnant air will worsen China’s haze and health problems. So will heat waves.
“For Chinese policy makers […]
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Report: Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days (2019)
This Union of Concerned Scientists report discusses Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days (2019). Extreme heat is poised to rise steeply in frequency and severity over the coming decades, bringing unprecedented health risks for people and communities
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EDITORIAL: Is Atlantic Coast Pipeline still a viable project?
This editorial, written by the Lynchburg News & Advance, and posted to the Free Lance-Star. discusses the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Dominion Energy.
This is an excellent piece. There is an obvious flaw in the article’s title however. The word “still” implies it was once needed. It has only been […]
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Study: Fracking Linked To Anxiety, Depression In Pregnant Women
This NPR article discusses how fracking is linked to anxiety and depression in pregnant women. A new study finds that pregnant women living near hydraulic fracking activity in Pennsylvania are more likely to develop depression and anxiety. The study was published in the journal “Environmental Research.”
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Yale Climate Connections – August 9, 2019
This Yale Climate Connections issue discusses:
What you need to know about the link between sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Some northern cities could be reborn as ‘climate havens’
What a drier and hotter future means for the arid Southwest
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Some Fish Are Still Full of Mercury, for a Worrying Reason
This The Atlantic article discusses fish and mercury. Emissions of mercury have declined, but levels in fish could still increase thanks to overfishing and a changing climate.
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