"Air Pollution Worse For Global Lifespan Than Cigarettes Or Alcohol" [1]
"Breathing is more dangerous than smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol."
Source: Washington Post [2], 06/16/2022
"Breathing is more dangerous than smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol."
"Banks that have signed up to a global climate pledge, led by Mark Carney, a former governor of the Bank of England, can still invest unlimited amounts in coal mining and coal power, despite promises to tighten the rules on their lending."
"Global regulators published a detailed checklist for banks on Wednesday to assess how climate change affects all aspects of their business, including pay and capital, as economies set carbon reduction targets."
"Scientists on the latest dredge survey said factors like pollution, predation and a sex imbalance in the blue crab population could be among the factors contributing to the decline."
"The explosion and fire in Texas last week that shut down about one-fifth of the country’s liquefied natural gas export capacity wasn’t the first time flames have bedeviled the Freeport LNG facility."
"Yellowstone National Park officials say portions of the park may be closed for an “extended” period following catastrophic flooding that caused a park shutdown, the ejection of more than 10,000 visitors and widespread infrastructure damage whose repair will require both serious dollars and tough decisions."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released new warnings for synthetic pollutants in drinking water known as "forever chemicals" saying the toxins can still be harmful even at levels so low they are not detectable."
"Chris Mariano became a federal wildland firefighter because he wanted to help protect the Northern California landscapes and communities he’d grown to love."
"Years before the climate crisis was part of national discourse, this memo to the president predicted catastrophe".
"Tens of millions of farm animals in the US are dying before they can be slaughtered, according to a Guardian investigation exposing the deadly conditions under which animals are transported around the country."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/air-pollution-worse-global-lifespan-cigarettes-or-alcohol
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/15/global-pollution-air-quality-life-index-report-life-expectancy/
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bank-group-accused-loopholes-and-greenwashing-climate-pledge
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/15/banks-agreeing-climate-pledge-gfanz-accused-of-exploiting-loopholes-greenwashing
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/global-regulators-set-out-climate-checklist-banks
[6] https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/global-regulators-set-out-climate-checklist-banks-2022-06-15/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/why-chesapeake-bay-s-beloved-blue-crabs-are-all-time-low
[8] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15062022/chesapeake-bay-blue-crab/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lng-plant-had-history-safety-issues-explosion
[10] https://www.eenews.net/articles/lng-plant-had-history-of-safety-issues-before-explosion/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/part-flooded-yellowstone-likely-remain-closed-all-summer
[12] https://www.eenews.net/articles/parts-of-flooded-yellowstone-likely-to-remain-closed-all-summer/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-issues-new-warnings-forever-chemicals-drinking-water
[14] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-issues-new-warnings-forever-chemicals-drinking-water-2022-06-15/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hellish-fires-low-pay-trauma-calif-firefighters-face-morale-crisis
[16] https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-14/us-forest-service-firefighters-morale-crisis
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/1977-white-house-climate-memo-should-have-changed-world
[18] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/14/1977-us-presidential-memo-predicted-climate-change
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/more-20-million-us-farm-animals-die-way-abattoir-every-year
[20] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/15/more-than-20-million-farm-animals-die-on-way-to-abattoir-in-us-every-year
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