Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate
Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a problem for cities.
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Pollution from California's 2020 wildfires likely offset decades of air quality gains
It was a nightmare fire season that California won't soon forget.
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Jun 20, 2022
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Study: Natural sources of air pollution exceed air quality guidelines in many regions
Alongside climate change, air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. Tiny particles known as particulate matter or PM2.5 (named for their diameter of just 2.5 micrometers or less) are a particularly ...
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Jun 8, 2022
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Including all types of emissions shortens timeline to reach Paris Agreement temperature targets
Countries around the world pledged in the Paris Agreement to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or, at most, 2 degrees Celsius. As emissions rates gradually begin to decline, countries are looking at how many greenhouse ...
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Jun 6, 2022
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Opinion: Environmental justice delayed has been justice denied
It has taken a very long time, but environmental justice has moved to the center of the environmental policy agenda. Here in New York City, the environmental justice movement spent decades fighting the siting of the North ...
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May 9, 2022
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WHO says 99% of world's population breathes poor-quality air
The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn't meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory ...
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Apr 4, 2022
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Air pollution dims India's solar energy potential
Prospects for India achieving the target of generating 100 gigawatts of solar power in 2022 have waned because of high levels of atmospheric pollution.
Environment
Mar 31, 2022
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Older wildfire smoke plumes may still affect climate
Aerosols carried in wildfire smoke plumes that are hundreds of hours old can still affect climate, according to a study out of the University of California, Davis.
Environment
Mar 23, 2022
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Tracking greenhouse gas emissions from ships in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway
A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates that ships in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway (GL-SLS) consumed more than 500,000 tons of fuel and emitted more than 1.6 million tons ...
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Mar 23, 2022
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Living in more polluted areas increases risk for poor mental wellbeing
People in the UK who live in more polluted areas, such as near busy roads, are at a higher risk of poor mental wellbeing, new research led by the University of St Andrews has found.
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Mar 10, 2022
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