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Wildfires are getting worse, and so is the deadly smoke they bring with them

Grist

Their subsequent work on forest fires releasing captured lead back into the atmosphere in Los Angeles, Chile, Africa, and Australia confirmed the ir original findings. Enforcing the use of masks requires monitoring by the state, for example. Food and Drug Administration.

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‘Narratives of Delay’: How the Animal Pharma Industry Resists Moves to Curb the Overuse of Antibiotics on Farms 

DeSmogBlog

Two years after landmark European Union legislation designed to curb the overuse of antibiotics on farms came into force, new analysis from DeSmog reveals eight key narratives the veterinary medicine and farming lobbies deploy to defend the billion-dollar market for the drugs. and Zoetis Inc.,

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Why massive Saharan dust plumes are blowing into the US

Grist

A satellite captures a dust plume leaving Africa on June 19. The dust plume arrived in the Caribbean a few days after it left Africa. Here you can see one plume moving through the Caribbean, while another leaves Africa. Tropical storms derive their energy from wet air. VIDEO: CSU/CIRA/NOAA. VIDEO: CSU/CIRA/NOAA.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)

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The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t

DeSmogBlog

The purpose] is you get a much quicker application, you reduce that kinetic energy involved with that train.” Energy Information Administration conference in Washington, D.C., 3 And Connor isn’t alone in his support of putting these modern brakes on trains. to repeatedly criticize the new ECP requirement.