Cleaner air has increased the number of city heatwaves todayheadline
As smog clears worldwide, heatwaves are becoming more frequentCLAUDIO REYES/AFP via Getty Images Heatwaves have become more frequent as the ...
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Proposed gas plants in Wisconsin pose health risks, report finds » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Power plants burning coal, oil, and natural gas emit pollution that harms the climate and human health. Novinska-Lois: “We ...
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After decades of pollution, California community secures $550 million settlement from Chevron » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: The Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, produces over 200,000 barrels of oil a day. In the process, it contributes ...
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Chicago environmental justice group calls for transition to electric trucks » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Every day, thousands of diesel trucks drive through Little Village and other Latino neighborhoods in southwest Chicago, and the ...
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Air quality project in Buffalo, New York, could one day help residents breathe easier » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: Gas cars and diesel trucks emit climate-warming carbon dioxide as well as tiny particles of air pollution that are ...
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The everyday ways climate change is already making our lives worse todayheadline
Climate change is already making our lives worseAHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images When you think of threats from climate change, ...
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Trees capture toxic fingerprint of gold mining in the Amazon todayheadline
A gold mining area in the Peruvian AmazonERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a ...
Read moreDetailsWildfire Smoke Drives Surge in Mental Health Crises todayheadline
The thick, acrid smoke that blanketed California during the record-breaking 2020 wildfire season did more than just irritate lungs and ...
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Is cleaner air accelerating global warming more than we expected? todayheadline
Air pollution can have a cooling effect on the climateCheunghyo/Getty Images James Hansen, the climate scientist best known for alerting ...
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Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half todayheadline
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burnSan Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in the ...
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