Jun 23, 2018

How much Earth has warmed since a NASA scientist's warning 30 years ago

Peter Dykstra

Much of what James Hansen told the Senate in 1988 was right.

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Air pollution crossing U.S. state lines, causing premature deaths

The team found that electric power plants were the biggest contributor to deaths related to pollution from other states.

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FDA under scrutiny: Policymakers, advocates push for stronger science, regulation of the chemical BPA

Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) was pregnant with her second child when she became concerned about the toxic chemicals that she and her kids — and nearly all of us — encounter every day.

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Op-ed: Asbestos, ubiquitous and avoidable, is a deadly threat to our kids

In the United States, gun violence kills nearly 40,000 people a year and has killed nearly 40,000 or so children and teenagers since 1999, and yet the nation is still without serious gun control.

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Together, we make mud

The noted philosopher Rodney Dangerfield described his fictional marriage in a way that provides insight into the widening gulf in U.S. environmental politics: "She's a water sign. I'm an Earth sign. Together, we make mud."

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The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

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Before Gore, Greta, and the Green New Deal: Part Two

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The end of Australia as we know it

What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow?

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South Sudan buries reports on oil pollution, birth defects

Environmental reports obtained by The Associated Press describe alarming birth defects, miscarriages and other health problems among residents of the region and soldiers who have been stationed there.

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How much Earth has warmed since a NASA scientist's warning 30 years ago

30 years of being (almost always) right

Air pollution crossing U.S. state lines, causing premature deaths

FDA under scrutiny: Policymakers, advocates push for stronger science, regulation of the chemical BPA

Op-ed: Asbestos, ubiquitous and avoidable, is a deadly threat to our kids

Together, we make mud

The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

Before Gore, Greta, and the Green New Deal: Part Two

The end of Australia as we know it

South Sudan buries reports on oil pollution, birth defects

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How much Earth has warmed since a NASA scientist's warning 30 years ago

Coal, oil and gas have given communities across the U.S. both steady paychecks and devastating pollution. It's time to make health a priority in meeting our energy demands.

EHN is teaming up with The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health to bring you the voices of next generation environmental health leaders

The Trump Administration's policies today reflect a half-century of Republican hostility toward science

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