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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, center, and other GOP members arrive to the US Capitol steps for a news conference on the House Republicans’ “Commitment to America” on September 29.

What’s at stake for Biden’s climate agenda in the midterms

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Efforts, Environment, ESG, Global Warming, Pollution / By / November 2, 2022

Environmental justice programs are one target for GOP attacks. If Republicans take control of the House, Senate, or both in the midterms, they have every incentive to turn the rollout of Democrats’ singular achievements into a political disaster. At stake is $370 billion in incentives for electric vehicles, electric appliances, clean energy, and pollution reduction, …

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The Scientist’s Warning: Climate Change Has Pushed Earth To ‘Code Red’

The Scientist’s Warning: Climate Change Has Pushed Earth To ‘Code Red’

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Education, Efforts, Environment, Global Warming, Save Earth / By / October 28, 2022

An international team led by Oregon State University researchers says in a report published today that the Earth’s vital signs have reached “code red” and that “humanity is unequivocally facing a climate emergency.” In the special report, “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency 2022,” the authors note that 16 of 35 planetary vital signs …

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Delhi residents defy Diwali firecracker ban, pollution spikes

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Efforts, Global Warming, Pollution, Save Earth / By / October 25, 2022

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Many residents of New Delhi defied a firecracker ban on Diwali on Monday as political parties traded blame on who was responsible for the Indian capital’s foul air. The air quality index across various hotspots of the city of about 20 million breached the “hazardous” category late in the …

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Exposure to Air Pollution May be a Factor in Obesity in Women

Exposure to Air Pollution May be a Factor in Obesity in Women

2 Comments / Climate Change, Health, Pollution, research, Save Earth / By / October 18, 2022

New evidence that exposure to air pollution can potentially contribute to obesity in women has emerged from a study by the University of Michigan “Women in their late 40s and early 50s exposed long-term to air pollution—specifically, higher levels of fine particles, nitrogen dioxide and ozone—saw increases in their body size and composition measures,” said Xin Wang, epidemiology …

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Toxic air pollution particles found in lungs and brains of unborn babies

Toxic air pollution particles found in lungs and brains of unborn babies

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Health, Pollution, research, Save Earth / By / October 7, 2022

Particles breathed by mothers pass to their vulnerable foetuses, with potentially lifelong consequences Toxic air pollution particles have been found in the lungs, livers and brains of unborn babies, long before they have taken their first breath. Researchers said their “groundbreaking” discovery was “very worrying”, as the gestation period of foetuses is the most vulnerable stage …

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