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Two-thirds of young Republicans fear for environment amid large surge in GOP climate change concern: Poll

An 18 percent surge in environmental concern among young Republicans shows a growing number of GOP voters who say they're worried human behavior is damaging planet Earth.
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How climate change hurts kids’ health

More severe storms, rising sea levels and temperatures will affect all of us in one way or another.

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U.S. courts reject efforts to block youth climate trial

Battle aims to test novel legal argument, but could be halted by Supreme Court.

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State launches program to test day cares for radon gas

When you send your children to day care or school, you expect them to breathe in healthy air.
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Cars barred on south-east London roads to curb pollution

Cars will be banned from roads around four south-east London schools in a trial scheme to curb pollution.

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Anna Morgan-Hayes: We must create rural resilience as we face rough roads ahead

As I contemplated the recent summer burn bans, I worried that perhaps my children will never remember a summer night of roasted marshmallows over a roaring campfire.

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Fuming residents are fighting back against a neighboring oil refinery

As this Houston neighborhood stews in a witches’ brew of toxic chemicals, locals are taking a stand.
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Robotic bear Toxic Toby warns pedestrians about smog

When the air quality gets bad, Toxic Toby starts coughing.

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Thousands hospitalized in Chile for chemical poisoning symptoms

Over 1,000 people have been hospitalized for chemical poisoning symptoms in the western Chilean coastal towns of Quintero and Puchuncaví since late August. 56% of those cases have occurred in people under 19 years old and 71% of the cases occurred in women.

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Vietnam's children and the fear of climate change

Children's drawings of nightmarish scenarios illustrate climate change's impact in the Mekong Delta.
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Imperial Valley air monitoring program raised red flag. No one did anything

'You don't want to find out you're sick if you can't do anything about it.'

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Donald Trump accused of ‘waging a war on children’ through EPA regulatory rollbacks

Children's Health Month offers chance to highlight administration's damage to public health protections.
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57 Detroit schools have lead, copper contamination in drinking water

Detroit public schools tested drinking water on the majority of its campuses and found that samples in 57 of 86 schools tested as having copper or lead levels in excess of legally accepted limits.
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Detroit schools' water contaminated with lead and copper

At least 57 Detroit public schools have tested positive so far for high levels of copper, lead or both in drinking water.
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