by Admin | May 1, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Information
Delhi, the second most populated city in the world, is No. 1 in a list no one wants to top: The most polluted city in the world. With 26.5 million inhabitants as of 2016 and expected to be at 40 million in 2030, the city has more than three times the population of...
by Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
The Trump Administration is set to roll back the Obama-era Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule. The changes would allow vehicles to emit about a billion tons more of carbon dioxide—about a fifth of annual emissions. And it’s just one of many EPA...
by Admin | Mar 13, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Information
In January of 2020, the White House announced massive changes to an important suite of laws that protect sensitive environments. The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, are the regulations which require major infrastructure projects to undergo environmental...
by Admin | Mar 6, 2020 | Environmental hazards
A new study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and other European institutions, published in the end of February 2020, indicates that humans, on average, are losing three years of life expectancy due to outdoor air pollution. With the world as...
by Admin | Feb 7, 2020 | Climate Change, Environmental hazards
A new study that used artificial intelligence to study the impact of rising sea levels has revealed we could become a nation of climate refugees. The study, published in January in the journal PLOS ONE, is the first to use machine learning to project migration...
by Admin | Dec 20, 2019 | Environmental hazards, Information
A new study shows that people who live with air pollution have higher rates of depression and suicide, giving even more credence to the World Health Organization’s declaration of dirty air as a “silent public health emergency.” “We’ve shown that air pollution could be...
