Water pollution targets are due to be weakened by the government next week, the Guardian can reveal, as Environment Act targets will give farmers an extra three years to reduce the dumping of their waste into the watercourse. River activists said the news was proof the government had not given up on its “attack on …
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Editor’s note: Jane Alexander is the former president of the National Endowment for the Arts. She has served on the boards of Audubon, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the American Bird Conservancy. Alexander is the author of “Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth”. She is also a Tony …
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Editor’s note: Jane Alexander is the former president of the National Endowment for the Arts. She has served on the boards of Audubon, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the American Bird Conservancy. Alexander is the author of “Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth”. She is also a Tony …
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CNN — People are moving en masse to places at high risk of climate disasters, despite the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in recent years, researchers say. A study released Thursday by researchers at the University of Vermont found that over the past decade, Americans have moved away from areas prone to …
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The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is rapidly increasing worldwide and affects up to one in six pregnant women. A new Primary Care Diabetes A review study relates this to a high body mass index (BMI) before the onset of pregnancy, associated with exposure to different levels of particles (PM) of a certain size. …
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More than 2,000 experts wrapped up a week of talks on plastic pollution on Friday, in one of the biggest global gatherings ever to address what even plastics industry leaders are calling a crisis. It was the first meeting of a United Nations committee set up to draft what is supposed to be a landmark …
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Wind power doesn’t clean up as much pollution as it could, especially in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, new research shows. The wind energy boom in the United States has already generated billions of dollars in health benefits. But the majority of that hasn’t trickled down to the communities that have historically been burdened …
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MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller did not contest criminal charges on Tuesday, closing a landmark environmental case against a company that prosecutors say polluted a community’s drinking water. rural 14 years ago, then tried to escape responsibility. Residents of the small hub of Dimock in northeast Pennsylvania say they went more …
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Nearly one million stillbirths a year can be attributed to air pollution, according to the first global study. Research has estimated that nearly half of stillbirths could be linked to exposure to pollution particles smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5), mostly produced by burning fossil fuels. The study looked at 137 countries in Asia, Africa and …
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Canadians appear to be slowly reducing their use of straws and plastic grocery bags ahead of a nationwide ban on these items taking effect next month, according to new statistics. The Canadian government is seeking to reduce indoor plastic pollution by the end of the decade as negotiations for a formal plastics management treaty begin …
