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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

A report released Wednesday gives that distinction to fossil fuel runoff from highways, parking lots, and other land-based infrastructure, mostly transportation related. The report was co-sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, a fossil fuel industry trade group, in addition to federal agencies from the U.S.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

That’s the nature of human-caused climate change: The consequences of a century and a half of burning fossil fuels are arriving now. Health care, already a longstanding challenge in the islands, is expected to get worse, as temperatures rise and mosquito-borne diseases like dengue and Zika proliferate.