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What We Learned From Scott Pruitt’s Emails to the Fossil Fuel Industry
Pruitt is just an accurate reflection of the broader Republican agenda.
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A Step Toward Environmental Justice in North Carolina’s Hog Country
After years, people living near industrial hog farms across Eastern North Carolina had their fears pollution recognized.
Nine in 10 People Worldwide Live With Excessive Air Pollution
Ninety-two percent of the world's population live in places where pollution levels exceed recommended limits.
How to Reduce Premature Deaths Linked to Environmental Risks
Relatively simple solutions to reduce deaths from environmental exposures include limiting tobacco and coal use.
Supreme Court Tosses EPA Rules That Would Prevent Thousands of Asthma Cases
EPA rules limiting toxic air pollution emissions would have prevented thousands of cases of asthma, birth defects and other health problems.
G7 False Commitments Won’t Help Us Tackle 7-Million Air Pollution Deaths
If the planet is to avoid large increases in global warming, massive actions never before accomplished by humankind will be necessary.
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Alabamians See Clearer as Air Pollution Plunges
Plunging atmospheric aerosol levels have spurred increased visibility over the past decade.
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Air Pollution Linked to Children’s Attention Problems
“Our research suggests that environmental factors may be contributing to attention problems in a significant way”
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Dead Babies and Utah’s Carbon Bomb
A sudden and extreme spike in neonatal mortality in Utah's rural Uinta Basin is most probably related to the toxic air pollution related to the fossil fuel drilling/fracking frenzy …
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American Lung Association Contradicts Its Own Mission
The public deserves to know the shameful truth about the American Lung Association.