Fossil Fuel Drilling Is Making Texans Sick (Video)

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 04:03:29 +0000

In Texas, methane leaking from fracking sites is not only heating the planet. It’s also making people ill. Locals have reported headaches, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems, and they are calling on fossil fuel companies to clean up their act

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The Most Successful Air Pollution Treaty You’ve Never Heard Of

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:40:43 +0000

Protecting the Air We Breathe 40 years of cooperation under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air PollutionInternational consensus on cross-border environmental issues has been difficult to achieve, but the 40-year-old Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air-Pollution (or LRTAP as it is known to development professionals) has enjoyed great, if largely unsung, success in the fight against air pollution and climate change

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The Brain, Air Pollution, & CO2 — The Years Project Connects The Dots (Videos)

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:37:59 +0000

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2530.html“Excess CO2 isn’t just heating the planet, it’s making our brains fuzzy,” according to research from Harvard University

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Vaughn Palmer: Polls slam Horgan for dubious handling of pipeline protests, blockades

Credit to Author: Gord Kurenoff| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 02:26:07 +0000

OPINION: “I’m doing my level best to try and find that balance between the absolute requirement of dissent in a democratic society, but also ensuring that people don’t behave in an unlawful manner that disrupts the lives of other people who did not ask to participate in the debate but are drawn into it”

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US Lawmakers Opposing Environmental Protections Get Clear Rewards From Oil & Gas Industry

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:40:36 +0000

A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that US lawmakers opposing environmental protections get rewards from the oil and gas industry

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7 Winners & Losers From Canadian Teck Oil Sands Project Withdrawal

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:47:09 +0000

Teck made a tough call and made it the right way. Its only fault was letting it get anywhere near this brink. The company should have canceled this process months ago. 

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