pollution
Humans must tackle more than carbon dioxide to meet Paris agreement standards, study warns
May 25, 2022"The evolution of methane and sulphur dioxide emissions strongly influences the chances of limiting warming to 1.5°C."
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Microplastics found in human lungs for first time – and deeper than expected
April 8, 2022“Lung airways are very narrow so no one thought they could possibly get there, but they clearly have."
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How Chevron imprisoned environmental lawyer Steven Donziger
November 4, 2021The alleged crime was contempt of court, but the real crime was Donziger’s successful lawsuit against Chevron, which resulted in $9.5 billion in damages for Indigenous Ecuadorians.
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Cleanup of abandoned mines could get boost, relieving rivers
September 20, 2021Thousands of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, in some cases harming fish and contaminating drinking water. Now efforts to finally clean up the sites could soon get...
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Judge tosses Trump rollback of clean water safeguards
September 1, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands, and other waterways and left them vulnerable to pollution from nearby development....
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