Tag: asthma
Toxic Coal Pollution Spikes to 25-Year High Under Trump
Washington, D.C. — Pollution from coal-fired power plants has reached a quarter-century high under the Trump administration. This massive spike comes as the Trump administration touts rollbacks of bedrock public health safeguards, exemptions for polluting coal plants from emission standards, and handouts to coal plants across the country. Last month, Donald Trump was crowned the “undisputed champion of … [continued]
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Make America Carpool Again (With EVs, Preferably)
Car pools are one way to stop feeding petrodollars into the global economy as Trump’s war on Iran rapidly spreads throughout the Middle East.
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How inhalers affect climate and what London hospitals are doing
St. Joseph’s and LHSC have introduced a program to recycle used inhalers.
Advocates Call on California Attorney General, LA District Attorney to Investigate AI Astroturf Campaign
LOS ANGELES — Environmental and public health advocates are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman to investigate an AI-powered campaign that allegedly submitted public comments attributed to residents without their consent to oppose Southern California clean air standards. The extent of the AI … [continued]
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Donald Trump Tears Down Another Key Public Health Safeguard
Washington, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power … [continued]
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