Tag: air pollution
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Tell EPA to Combat Climate Change by Reducing Carbon Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up listening sessions around the country to hear—from all of us—what it should do about our changing climate. In these sessions, the U.S. EPA wants to solicit ideas and input from the public and stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from…
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Air Pollution Causes Cancer, World Health Organization Says
It has been known for a while that air pollution contributes to heart disease and respiratory ailments. Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) added cancer to the list of health risks caused by air pollution. There’s sufficient evidence that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer, WHO said in a press release. Particulate matter, a…
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Air Pollution Kills Two Million People Each Year
According to newly published research, more than 2 million people die around the world each year as a result of outdoor air pollution. The study found that these deaths …
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Will the World Bank Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is?
Unprecedented heatwaves, widespread food shortages, more intense cyclones and shifting rain patterns causing either floods or droughts are just some of the future problems outlined in the World Bank’s latest climate report …
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U.S. Coal Exports Causing Deaths in Europe
As U.S. decision makers weigh the costs and benefits of dramatically increasing this deadly export it’s worth asking ourselves is this an export we can justify? Thanks to this new report from Greenpeace we can conclusively give you 2,000 reasons it’s not.