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Report: A VISION FOR CLIMATE LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, DC
The Sierra Club issued a report titled: A VISION FOR CLIMATE LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON, DC. Seizing the Economic, Climate, and Public Health Benefits of Electrifying WMATA’s Transit Bus Fleet.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) operates the sixth-largest bus fleet in the United States, providing service to residents in […]
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Study: VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMPLETES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STUDY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMPLETES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE STUDY. Located here.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Has Led To More Ocean Plastic Pollution
New Hampshire Public Radio discusses COVID-19 Pandemic Has Led To More Ocean Plastic Pollution.
The coronavirus has worsened the amount of plastic polluting the world’s oceans.
That’s according to Dave Ford, founder of the environmental literacy organization SoulBuffalo and the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network, a group that brings activists and the industry […]
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Study: The future of migration, human populations, and global health in the Anthropocene
Lancet discusses The future of migration, human populations, and global health in the Anthropocene.
In The Lancet, Christopher Murray and colleagues 1 report forecasts of the global population in 2100 that are lower than previous estimates.2 The authors projected the global population to […]
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Study: Impact of Climate on Children – 4 articles
Pediacast has a podcast on children’s health and the climate crisis. Leyla McCurdy and Dr Perry Sheffield visit the studio as we explore climate and its impact on child health. We discuss the importance of environmental medicine and share ways pediatricians and parents can make a difference in the […]
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Study: Regional Pact To Reduce Transportation Pollution Could Yield Major Health Benefits
WBUR discusses Study Finds Regional Pact To Reduce Transportation Pollution Could Yield Major Health Benefits.
A preliminary analysis of the health impacts of the regional Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) found that the plan that would reduce greenhouse gases the most would also yield the biggest health benefits, helping to avoid about 1,100 deaths […]
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Converging on Solutions to Plan Sustainable Cities
EOS.org discusses Solutions to Plan Sustainable Cities. Climate change will exacerbate the food, energy, water, health, and equity challenges that urban communities face, but cities also have opportunities to improve sustainability and outcomes.
Climate change is imposing complex, interacting effects on every ecosystem around the world, and of course, there […]
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Brain-Eating Amoeba Moving North Across America, and Climate Change May Be Why
Newsweek discusses how Brain-Eating Amoeba Moving North Across America, and Climate Change May Be Why.
The brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri is moving further into the U.S., with a “statistically significant northward trend” observed since 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. This shift may be the result of climate […]
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The Biggest Threat to Growing Marijuana in California Used to Be the Law. Now, it’s Climate Change
Inside Climate News discusses The Biggest Threat to Growing Marijuana in California Used to Be the Law. Now, it’s Climate Change. Having survived a DEA raid, the co-founder of the first medicinal cannabis collective plots a comeback in the worst fire season in California history.
Valerie Leveroni Corral spent days after […]
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Study: Forest degradation outpaces deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Mongabay discusses a study showing that forest degradation outpaces deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Brazilian Amazon deforestation rates have declined from, and stayed below, their 2003 peak, despite recent increases. However, this decline was offset by a trend of increased forest degradation, according to an analysis of 23 years of […]
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