Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:00:11 +0000
A new way of using language to describe the climate crisis is helping more people to recognize the culprits and hold polluters accountable. Stand up and speak, fossil fuel companies.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:30:23 +0000
In christening a new office of environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan proclaimed Saturday that “underserved and overburdened communities are at the forefront of our work.” A stern test of that proclamation began just two days later. On Monday, the EPA held the first of three virtual listening sessions on the Biden administration’s proposal to strengthen its chemical disaster rule. […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:00:45 +0000
A crazy story over at The Drive shows that some people would rather die (or, have their truck die) than do the right thing. But, they’re not going to go down without claiming to be a victim first. It all started when the man listed his truck for sale online. He made the mistake of […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:30:50 +0000
0.6 million tons of CO2 are escaping through the holes they’ve drilled to create energy, so they are going to try to capture some of it at great expense and pump it back into the same place it’s escaping from.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2022 03:10:49 +0000
Spain is getting serious about cleaning up its air, and that’s the case in cities across the country. Due to the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law, most Spanish cities will be implementing low-emission zones within their borders in 2023. Spanish municipalities with 50,000 residents or more have to implement such zones. According to one […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 03:28:23 +0000
CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2022 — Studies have shown that pollution, whether from factories or traffic-snarled roads, disproportionately affects communities where economically disadvantaged people and Hispanic, Black and Asian people live. As technology has improved, scientists have begun documenting these disparities in detail, but information on daily variations has been lacking. Today, scientists report preliminary work […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 02:23:05 +0000
The world’s biggest cities and urban areas face some of the worst air quality on the planet, according to a new report published by HEI. The report, Air Quality and Health in Cities, released by HEI’s State of Global Air Initiative, provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and global health impacts for […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:03:31 +0000
We can look to research studies to identify efficient ways to help new audiences learn about the connections between human activities and climate change. To get the most out of scholarship, however, we need to translate academic language into everyday terms.
Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:14:18 +0000
Thanks to Covid-induced supply chain issues and Russia’s war with Ukraine, oil prices have surged to over $100/barrel at times. That and the dearth of refining capacity (converting crude oil to gasoline/diesel) has pushed the price of gasoline and diesel to record highs. One way to combat these prices is conservation — the less fuel […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:24:20 +0000
The legislation which will come up for a vote in Congress very soon all but ensures that the fossil fuel industry will maintain current oil and gas production levels without any change for the next decade.