Efforts to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of oil and gas drilling are often focused on single measures, such as increasing setbacks, the minimum allowable … Multi-layered strategies needed to protect public health from oil and gas drilling impactsRead more
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Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts
Almost 2,000 times more particle pollution is produced by tire wear than is pumped out of the exhausts of modern cars, tests have shown. The … Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhaustsRead more
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Noise from Road traffic in European cities
Road traffic is the main source of environmental noise. Previous research has linked environmental noise to a range of adverse health effects: sleep disturbance, annoyance, … Noise from Road traffic in European citiesRead more
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How the chemicals industry’s pollution slipped under the radar
It’s one of the biggest industries in the world, consumes more than 10% of fossil fuels produced globally and emits an estimated 3.3 gigatons of … How the chemicals industry’s pollution slipped under the radarRead more
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The plastics you throw away are poisoning the world’s eggs and World’s Poor eating that
Eggs eaten by some of the world’s poorest people are being poisoned by plastic waste from rich countries like Canada and the U.S., new research … The plastics you throw away are poisoning the world’s eggs and World’s Poor eating thatRead more
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Lesser known ozone layer’s outsized role in planet warming
Ozone is a gas composed of three oxygen atoms. Many studies have described ozone in the stratosphere, and its role in shielding people from the … Lesser known ozone layer’s outsized role in planet warmingRead more
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Pharmaceutical pollution in the world’s rivers
The new study looked at 258 rivers across the globe, including the Thames in London and the Amazon in Brazil, to measure the presence of … Pharmaceutical pollution in the world’s riversRead more
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Indigenous Resistance to Resource Colonization Worldwide
the fire started, I believe, Tuesday. We got the alert. It was really rapid, within like 15 minutes. There were like four — three or … Indigenous Resistance to Resource Colonization WorldwideRead more
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Nebraska ethanol plant turned seeds into toxic waste
Jody Weible keeps a jar on her front porch that she refuses to open, because the smell would make her eyes water and her throat … Nebraska ethanol plant turned seeds into toxic wasteRead more
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Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries
At the beginning of last year, 187 countries took steps to limit the export of plastic trash from wealthy to developing countries. It’s not working … Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countriesRead more