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2021-12-21 The Dirty Secret of America’s Clean Dishes by Max Blau and Lylla Younes, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Sacrifice Zones Mapping Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution Hollie […]
2021-12-04 Why there’s no such thing as pristine nature A growing body of research shows that people have been shaping the planet for millennia — muddying the very idea of wilderness and prompting calls for a revolution in ecology and conservation By Julia Rosen 12.1.2021 The Brazil nut is a wondrous thing. The tree […]
2021-12-03 As Climate Worsens, Environmentalists Grapple With the Mental Toll of Activism Alex Smith, KCUR While growing up in the ’90s in Johnson County, Kansas, in a suburb of Kansas City, I had a friend, Kevin Aaron, who was a dedicated environmentalist. To strangers, Kevin appeared to be a laid-back punk-rock music fan […]
2021-11-29 The EPA Administrator Visited Cancer-Causing Air Pollution Hot Spots Highlighted by ProPublica and Promised Reforms by Ava Kofman ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Sacrifice Zones Mapping Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution Two days after ProPublica published […]
The Role of Green Jobs and Employment in the Social Policies of the EU This essay deals about the EU’s green job policies and their consequences. It will be shown in what context these policies are set and what origins and consequences they have on the employment situation within the EU. In 1987 with […]
2021-10-06 New WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines aim to save millions of lives from air pollution Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, alongside climate change. News release 22 September 2021 Copenhagen and Geneva New WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines (AQGs) provide clear evidence of the damage air pollution […]
10 years after the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, I’m still worried OPINION: The cleanup of the past decade at the Japanese power plant could be set back if authorities don’t properly handle a massive stockpile of contaminated water By Ken Buesseler 3.11.2021 Produced by Knowable Magazine , this piece was first published by Newsweek . […]
Chemical-Free Air Purifier Protects Public Spaces By Heidi Splete, Senior Writer For NewsUSA(NewsUSA) Cooling towers, a key component on large buildings, require special levels of cleaning to control biocontaminants including Legionella, heterotrophic bacteria, and others. However, poorly maintained towers, which are often treated with corrosive chemicals, can become ‘super spreaders’ of Legionnaires’ Disease, an acute bacterial […]
There’s One Surefire Way to End Big Sewage Spills: End Big Sewage September 2, 2021 by Chelsea Wald Call it the summer of sewage. In July, Los Angeles’ Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, the city’s largest municipal wastewater treatment facility, spilled 17 million gallons of raw sewage into Santa Monica Bay after an unexpected surge of […]
Some say laughter is the best medicine, so, on Sundays, we post some jokes to hopefully brighten your day. – Editorial Team On their first night to be together, the newly wed couple go to change. The new bride comes out of the bathroom, all showered and wearing her beautiful robe. The proud […]