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Archives: Pollution

Rethink Coal! Australia emits nerve poison Mercury at double Global Average

Robyn Schofield | (The Conversation) | - - A report released this week by advocacy group Environmental Justice Australia presents a confronting analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal-fired power plants. The…

1 in 9 Deaths are from Air Pollution & Trump is making it Worse

The Tree | - - Air pollution is driving a global public health crisis. It is responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, and touches everyone given 92% of the human race…

People Power is only way to Oppose Scott Pruitt’s Anti-EPA

By Adam Lynch | ( Yes! Magazine) | - - A Former EPA Adviser on How to Push for Environmental Justice Under Trump “In our country there are two things that move…

The 6th Mass Extinction is beginning & there isn’t Much time

Robert J. Burrowes | ( GlobalVoices.net | - - The sixth mass extinction is already here and the window for effective action is very short. Human beings are now waging war against…

Is Scott Pruitt Helping a Corporation Poison Your Kids? (TYT)

Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "Does Scott Pruitt know how evil he is? Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz, hosts of The…

How Soon until we’re Using More Than The Earth Can Provide?

By David Korten | ( Yes! Magazine ) | - - Forget the GDP, it’s time for our leaders to pay attention to metrics that matter. Four days after President Trump announced…

Allies Furious as Trump w/draws from G7 Climate Commitment, May leave Paris Accord

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump bombed at the G7 summit in Italy. Despite an "intense" discussion with Germany, France and the others, who made it clear as…

CO2 putting Oceans on verge of Oxygen Starvation for next Million Years

University of Exeter | - - Scientists believe the modern ocean is “on the edge of anoxia” – and the Exeter researchers say it is “critical” to limit carbon emissions to prevent…

Dakota Access Pipeline already Leaking Oil & not Completed

TeleSur | - - Even before it is fully operational, and after months of demonstrations by Indigenous and environmental groups that warned of the same, the Dakota Access Pipeline has already suffered…

Also Fired: Scientists at Environmental Protection Agency Review Board

Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian | ( The Young Turks) | (Video Report) | - - "Scott Pruitt has let go of scientists and replaced them with industry types. Cenk Uygur and…

China cancelled 100 Coal Plants but Trump going the other Way

By Oscar Reyes | (Otherwords.org) | - - States that invest in renewables are reaping the rewards. Those that stick to coal are faltering. When you’re in a hole, it’s usually best…

Top 3 Ways the People can build a Trump-Free, Carbon-Free Future

By Jeremy Brecher | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - As the thousands of foot-weary protesters look back on the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. — and its scores of…

100 Days: How much Damage has Trump already done to the Earth?

By Martin Khor | (Inter Press Service) | - - PENANG (IPS) - This week, Donald Trump will mark his first hundred days as US President. It’s time to assess his impact…

Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | - - "If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state]." At…

Donald Trump: Global Ecocide

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into…

Can the West Coast throw up a Green wall against Trump’s Assault on Environment?

By Arun Gupta. | ( Yes! Magazine ) | - - Despite a string of victories in the last few years limiting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure on the West Coast,…

When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | - - Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people are mobilised and turn to healthy lifestyles,…

Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil

TeleSur | - - The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President…

Trump’s Coal Plants, Auto Emissions are causing our Alzheimer’s Epidemic

By Jiu-Chiuan Chen | (The Conversation) | - - Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disease that eventually strips sufferers of their ability to remember, communicate and live independently. By 2050, it…

‘Claim the sky’: a new climate movement for the Trump era

By Robert Costanza | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump is making it less likely the United States will meet the emissions targets it agreed at the 2015 Paris climate…