air pollution
The other shoe drops: Maryland sues EPA over air quality standards
September 29, 2017Having warned Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, more than two months ago that the state would go to federal court in Baltimore unless he started following the law – and having gotten no reply at...
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Fire or volcano? Ash from Oregon blaze compared to eruption
September 6, 2017People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep wildfire ash from filling their lungs.
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Did Republicans forget their constituents also need air and water?
February 16, 2017Republicans are governing as if their own constituents don’t breathe air or drink water.
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Have we become OK with watching Earth melt?
November 23, 2016If we think the ecosystem doesn’t need preserving, we won’t preserve it. If we think climate change just happens, then nothing can be done about it. But if we think humans cause it, then we can...
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Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 U.S. lives a year
May 5, 2015The study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced.
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