Grist

AUGUST 17, 2023

Between 2001 and 2019, the U.S. ranked third globally in forest cover lost to fires. Wildfires now account for nearly half of the fine-particle pollution in the West. The runoff can pollute watersheds with ash and harm water-treatment facilities. The implications extend nationwide.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. But its problems go well beyond the farm. percent of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.

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Methane Agriculture Africa Climate change 141

Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2022

Established in 2001 by author T. Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes is a national award that celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from across the U.S. and Canada. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant […].

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Electricity Global warming Soil Pollution 122

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

To this day, a book published in 2001 and co-written by Cole with Georgetown law professor Sheila Foster titled, From the Ground Up , is considered a treatise for the type of environmental justice work he practiced and taught. It’s interesting to think about why that is, and why it remains so uncommon.”. A Personal Relationship.

Law 100

Law Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming 100

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. In 2001’s Whitman v. trillion in CARES Act funding approved within two weeks, $2.4

Law 540

Law Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 540

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Hitchcock, president of the Air Pollution Foundation, made his way up the marble steps of the city’s exclusive California Club for a meeting with some of the West Coast’s most powerful businessmen. They were the Air Pollution Foundation’s largest funders, and they were not happy.

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Fossil fuels Pollution Climate change Carbon-negative 145

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. In 2001’s Whitman v. trillion in CARES Act funding approved within two weeks, $2.4

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Global warming Law Climate change Fossil fuels 36

AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The impacts of global warming are deeply regressive, disproportionately hurting our poorest and most vulnerable communities. Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. In 2001’s Whitman v. trillion in CARES Act funding approved within two weeks, $2.4

Law 28

Law Climate change Global warming Fossil fuels 28

AGreenLiving

APRIL 20, 2020

Airline ridership has slumped, and airports are as near-empty as they were in the 2001 aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. of global CO2 emissions in 2018, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) — have dropped significantly. The decrease in congestion is critical, as idling vehicles emit more pollution.

Global warming 36

Global warming Climate change Fossil fuels Health 36

Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

Photo Credit: REUTERS While some politicians and citizens continue to deny the existence of man-made global warming, the evidence supporting it continues to grow. Note: This graph illustrates the change in global surface temperature relative to 1951-1980 average temperatures. The year 2016 ranks as the warmest on record.

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Climate change Fossil fuels Global warming Pollution 40

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 21, 2021

Noteworthy activism and environmental awareness during the early 2000s includes Google’s first Earth Day doodle in 2001, voter registration for Earth Day in 2004, the partnership of Earth Day with the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and the creation of the online action center earthday.org.

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Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 120

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 18, 2022

Noteworthy activism and environmental awareness during the early 2000s includes Google’s first Earth Day doodle in 2001, voter registration for Earth Day in 2004, the partnership of Earth Day with the Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and the creation of the online action center earthday.org.

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Earth Day Politics Global warming Climate change 78

DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

Steve Brown, Orcadian’s founder, regularly shared posts on social media from his recently-deleted Twitter account that cast doubt on climate policy and modelling, including content from the Global Warming Policy Foundation , the UK’s principal climate science denying group. Labour Violations, Pollution, and Alleged Abuses.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Government Policy 98