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How do you take clean AC mainstream? This global health organization has some ideas.

Grist

Eric Lafforgue / Art in All of Us / Getty Images This problem caught the attention of the Clinton Health Access Initiative , or CHAI — a nonprofit organization founded by former President Bill Clinton in 2002. This global health organization has some ideas. on Nov 8, 2023.

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UN hails end of leaded petrol as 'huge milestone for global health and our environment'

Business Green

Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels.

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The ocean is turning green. Yes, it’s climate change.

Grist

In a study, published Wednesday in Nature, decades worth of research showed 56 percent of the world’s oceans experienced color change between 2002 to 2022. The culprit? Climate change. Much of the ocean appears blue to the human eye, but the ocean’s color actually contains a mix of wavelengths, including blue, green, and even red.

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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

The first trees were planted in 2002, with nearly 100,000 planted in total over the following years. This will be combined with a wider range of remote sensing methods (including lidar sensors carried by a helicopter and smaller sensors carried by drones) to give a more comprehensive analysis of forest health.

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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

Since the previous edition of Oil in the Sea was published in 2002, the organization says land-based sources of ocean oil pollution have swelled up to 20 times larger — driven in part by population growth and increased motor vehicle use.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

Animal agriculture giants are waging a disinformation war, threatening public health and the planet,” said Nicholas Carter, the report’s lead researcher. “We Between 2002 and 2021 Mitloehner and the CLEAR Center received close to $12.5

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How zip lining impacts tree health, according to experts

AGreenLiving

Related: Inside the Mohicans — an Ohio treehouse empire The United States’ first recreational zipline, the Haleakala Skyline Tour in Maui , launched in 2002. Ongoing tree health Once a course is in use, staff and arborists frequently inspect trees to ensure health. How zip lining impacts tree health, according to experts.

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