This is How the World Ends
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Tag: POLLUTION
Why is China’s Air Pollution Shifting West?
From development at all costs, to facing the consequences of extreme pollution, China’s domestic environmental governance evolved from minimal to highly sophisticated within a matter of decades.
Oil Companies Want to Sell Their Wastewater. Texas Supreme Court Decided Who Gets Profits.
The ruling comes as more companies are seeking to turn a profit on what has long been considered a vexing waste stream.
How Plants Could Save Us From ‘Forever Chemicals’
Tools to address PFAS pollution are limited. Here's what researchers are learning about how these chemicals travel through the environment — and what farmers and landowners can do about it.
Plastic pollution: a health crisis in Africa
African leaders must treat plastic pollution as an urgent public health crisis, write global health specialists Sophie Masika and Lorraine Mugambi-Nyaboga.
Trump Cuts Hundreds of EPA Grants
Critics argue the cuts to EPA grants aren’t funding projects that are "woke," they’re essential.
U.N. Report Drops Terrifying Truth of Climate Crisis Escalation
If a world leader’s house was burning down, would they just ignore it? The entire planet is burning and they don't seem to care. In fact, they’re actively fanning the flames while blocking the fire fighters.
Environmental groups sue over Louisiana’s ban on community air monitoring
Meanwhile, a state task force’s call for beefed up air monitoring in areas affected by industrial pollution appears to be falling on deaf ears.
Oil Companies Want Protection as Texas Considers Allowing Treated Fracking Water Released Into Rivers
As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.
Clean Air, More Bikes, Fewer Deaths: How Paris Is Reinventing Itself
Just a few years ago, Paris was known for its thick layer of smog. Diesel exhaust and fine dust made it one of the most polluted capital cities in Europe. But today, the French capital tells a different story. Strict emission rules, speed limits, diesel bans, and fewer parking spaces have cleaned up…
The EPA wants to roll back a rule that’s essential for protecting you from chemical disasters
Few regulations have been as subject to the yo-yo of successive presidential administrations and their political whims.
Trump’s attack on paper straws is mostly symbolic — but the plastics industry is celebrating
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the “forced use” of them, immediately undoes part of a Biden-era initiative to eliminate single-use…
What happens when climate denialism and misogyny intersect? Enter: ‘petro-masculinity’
The 19th spoke with Cara Daggett, who coined the term, to talk about what it signals for a second Trump administration.
How Communities Are Giving New Life to Polluted Land
Cleaning up contaminated land is a struggle. Meet some of the community leaders who are taking matters into their own hands.
Journalists, meet climate change
The headlines scream about war, crime, political strife, economic woes. But underlying it all — and more and more often bubbling to the top — is what future historians will likely look back and call the story of this century: Climate change.
EPA Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron’s Plastic-Based Fuels With High Cancer Risk
The decision comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that the EPA had found that one of the fuels had a cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than the agency usually considers acceptable.
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