Jan 07, 2018

Expect environmental battles to be ‘even more significant’ in 2018

The Trump administration offered grand pronouncements about environmental deregulation in 2017. But this is the year to hammer out the details.

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Lifestyle

You’re addicted to plastic. Can you go cold turkey?

Going plastic free starts with cloth bags and straws. Suddenly, you’re … making your own toothpaste?

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Originals

Peter Dykstra: Green New Deal, meet Old Red Scare

This is American politics 2019, in a nutshell: Republicans circle the wagons around Donald Trump and a renewed fondness for red-baiting, while Democrats equivocate over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the Green New Deal.

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Move over bacon: Poultry farms are taking over North Carolina

For decades, North Carolina has made headlines for its massive, concentrated factory hog farming industry, however, a report released today finds that there are now more than twice as many large, concentrated poultry farms than hog farms.

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Species decline doesn’t just happen elsewhere. It’s a serious Irish problem

When was the last time you had to clean your windscreen during the summer months?

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New NASA Study Solves Climate Mystery, Confirms Methane Spike Tied to Oil and Gas - EcoWatch

New peer-reviewed research adds to the growing evidence that the shift from coal to gas isn't necessarily good news for the climate.

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Radon risk: A global estimate of radon’s contribution to lung cancer

Environmental Health Perspectives is an Open Access journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

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Climate

Cost of climate change: Nuisance flooding adds up for Annapolis’ historic City Dock

Sea level rise is eating into the revenue of this quaint coastal business district. An innovative new study estimates the economic costs.

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Climate

Living on Earth: Monarch butterflies rebound

Biologists are celebrating a promising year for eastern monarch butterflies, which overwinter in Mexico and whose population grew 144 percent from last year.

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Children's Health

Toxic black snow covers Siberian coalmining region

Activists say ‘post-apocalyptic’ scenes in Kuzbass highlight manmade ecological disaster

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Water

The pageant queen on an environmental mission

People come at environmental problems in various ways. A Pittsburgh area pageant contestant does it with big, sparkly earrings and a platform that promotes renewable energy and clean water.

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Expect environmental battles to be ‘even more significant’ in 2018

9 ways to cut down on plastic

You’re addicted to plastic. Can you go cold turkey?

Peter Dykstra: Green New Deal, meet Old Red Scare

Move over bacon: Poultry farms are taking over North Carolina

Species decline doesn’t just happen elsewhere. It’s a serious Irish problem

Alarmed by cancer-causing ethylene oxide pollution, Gov. J.B. Pritzker orders shutdown of Sterigenics in Willowbrook, IL

New NASA Study Solves Climate Mystery, Confirms Methane Spike Tied to Oil and Gas - EcoWatch

Radon risk: A global estimate of radon’s contribution to lung cancer

Canada delays insecticide ban as study finds 40% of insects on verge of extinction

Cost of climate change: Nuisance flooding adds up for Annapolis’ historic City Dock

Living on Earth: Monarch butterflies rebound

Toxic black snow covers Siberian coalmining region

‘The most villainous act in the history of human civilisation.’ Michael E Mann speaks out

The pageant queen on an environmental mission

A pioneer and a warrior in climate science to share 2019 Tyler Prize

Climatologists Warren Washington and Michael Mann "have the courage and commitment to inform and advance public discourse and policy on climate change"

More bad phthalate news: Early life exposure linked to decreased motor skills

"This is a crucial public health challenge given the globally ubiquitous nature of phthalates"

Peter Dykstra: Museum pieces

Remembering the "Republican environmentalists" of days past

Laura N. Vandenberg: It’s time to talk about cancer prevention — and the role of the environment

An inadequate focus on researching and understanding the role of the environment in cancer prevention is a failure for public health.

PFAS and phthalate chemical exposure early in life may hamper kids’ lungs

Study of more than 1,000 mothers and children in Europe links common chemicals to reduced lung function.

Expect environmental battles to be ‘even more significant’ in 2018

Climatologists Warren Washington and Michael Mann "have the courage and commitment to inform and advance public discourse and policy on climate change"

"This is a crucial public health challenge given the globally ubiquitous nature of phthalates"

Remembering the "Republican environmentalists" of days past

An inadequate focus on researching and understanding the role of the environment in cancer prevention is a failure for public health.

Study of more than 1,000 mothers and children in Europe links common chemicals to reduced lung function.

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