DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

If you see a sponsorship deal, you assume the [organization] you identify with has positive feelings about it and is benefiting from the company sponsoring it.”. I am an AGU member and I feel disgusted that my professional organization still maintains these ties,” says climate scientist Peter Kalmus. “To Filling in For Governments.

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Front And Centered

JANUARY 10, 2021

She is an artist, curator, and arts organizer based in Tacoma, Washington. The project’s mission is to improve Indigenous mental and emotional health outcomes through art-making, community building, and equitable creative opportunities for personal and professional growth. Asia Tail is the fellow and cofounder of the Y?haw?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It comes amid growing concern among consumers about the health and environmental impacts of meat and dairy products, with demand for such products driving deforestation South America and other areas, while livestock itself is also a major greenhouse gas emitted.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

According to a 2010 study on managing soils to mitigate climate change, soils used for agriculture contain 25 to 75 percent less soil organic carbon “than their counterparts in undisturbed or natural ecosystems.” . per capita per day in Africa, 77.57g in Asia, 86.09g in South America, and 102.06g in Europe.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. People over the age of 60, who account for an estimated 80 percent of the 12,000 heat-related deaths in the United States each year, often have health conditions that make heat more dangerous.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 21, 2020

Trees make the world a better place for humans by providing shade, sequestering CO2 , intercepting airborne particles, aiding respiratory health and adding great beauty to this planet we call home. Because trees do so much for us, planting more of them is an eco-strategy touted by many environmental organizations.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

Furthermore, while Europe’s thirst for gas is likely short-term, a lack of thorough environmental and public health analyses of LNG export facilities makes them long-term threats to surrounding communities, said Roishetta Ozane, the founder of The Vessel Project of Louisiana, a grassroots mutual aid and disaster relief organization.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

1 These toxic chemicals, often referred to as “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the human body and the environment, have been linked to serious health concerns and environmental contamination leading to additional exposures beyond the original PFAS-containing article. In a 2022 survey of U.S.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2021

“In the mind of the public, health and climate change represent different and separate realms of knowledge and concern,” laments the latest annual report on health and climate change published by the leading medical journal The Lancet earlier this year. has no major money pot for developing a climate and health workforce.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

When fierce storms appear on the horizon, the children get especially anxious and the elderly worry, which has impacts on their health. This philosophy led Cole to structure CRPE so that community organizers were in the lead and lawyers would be accountable to the organizers.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

More than 1 million acres of forests have been lost since 1990, leaving the global stock at near 10 million acres, according to a July report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). percent. “Rely on local NGOs, scientific communities,” he says.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

The city of Richmond exists in the shadow of the nearby Chevron refinery, which has been connected to poor air quality and health issues in the nearby community. It promised a huge investment in scholarships and public health programs. As the 2014 election cycle dawned, Chevron took action to make sure its voice was heard.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

Serious damage to human health is known to occur even at these low levels. And unlike organic pollutants, most of which can be eventually broken down, heavy metals don’t biodegrade, but persist indefinitely and bioaccumulate. In the U.S.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

OCTOBER 23, 2020

When the American people read this HTA they will be more aware of the traditional threats facing the Homeland like terrorism and organized crime. However, I think they will also realize that we face a significant threat in the Homeland from nation-states like China, Russia, and Iran.”. It also addresses foreign investment in the U.S.,

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to a growing body of scientific research, incorporating trees into farmland benefits everything from soil health to crop production to the climate. In Mexico, Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and international director of the Organic Consumers Association, is courting investors for funds to support a new agave agroforestry project.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Join me on this quest in which we start by looking into how the Arctic is doing, before making an overview of predictions on ‘when everything is gone’ by various renowned organizations. s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), more than 50% of all human calories come from just three plants: rice, maize and wheat.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 16, 2022

That’s ExxonMobil touting its “lower-emission solutions” and staff working to “develop our global strategy for creating sustainable energy” while planning a $10 billion investment in new oil and gas reserves in South America. Some researchers have called this “fossil fuel solutionism.” . Emphasis added.].

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 10, 2020

According to a growing body of scientific research, incorporating trees into farmland benefits everything from soil health to crop production to the climate. In Mexico, Ronnie Cummins, co-founder and international director of the Organic Consumers Association, is courting investors for funds to support a new agave agroforestry project.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

Prior to his current role he worked as scientist in a public health lab, and as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

In it, Pinker makes the case for reason, science and humanism, arguing these principles are leading to significant increases in human health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness throughout the world. The frustrating thing for us is there is no need for this deforestation or climate pollution. There are 1.6

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