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Loneliness even unhealthier than obesity, should be a public health priority: psychologist
Loneliness can have the same effects on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes per day, says one researcher.
Canadian NewsFairbanks area residents getting notices on wood moisture | Miami Herald
Residents of Fairbanks and others in the Fairbanks North Star Borough buying firewood from commercial wood cutters are due to start receiving notices …
BusinessSaving the Earth's Ozone Layer Went Even Better Than Expected
In 1989, amidst mounting scientific evidence, dozens of nations joined forces to sign a treaty aimed at halting the expansion of a massive hole in …
ClimateState plans to use Volkswagen settlement to reduce emissions | Miami Herald
Maine officials say they plan to use $21 million from their settlement with Volkswagen over Clean Air Act violations to reduce harmful emissions.<p>The …
BusinessD.C. Court's Mexichem Decision May Alter SNAP Dramatically
Article BySheila A. MillarJean-Cyril Walker Nathan A. CardonKeller and Heckman LLPPublicationsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped …
ClimateExxon Mobil Is Still Pumping Toxins into Black Community in Texas 17 Years After Civil Rights Complaint
Joseph Gaines was sitting on his porch in the Charlton-Pollard section of Beaumont, Texas, on a recent evening in June, sipping beer and chatting …
Exxon MobilTrump’s environmental agenda is crashing into the courts
Pruitt used to sue the EPA. Now he’s being sued for what he’s doing with it.<p>Donald Trump made clear on the campaign trail that he intends to “get rid of” the Environmental Protection Agency and many of its Obama-era regulations.<p>And in its first six months, his administration has overturned or …
ClimateProtect the Clean Power Plan from the Trump Administration
Any day now, we expect EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to follow through on President Trump's executive order attacking the landmark Clean Power Plan. …
ClimatePenalties Against Polluters Drop 60% Under Trump
So far, the Trump administration's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been lighter on the pocketbooks of polluters than previous …
PollutionPolluter fines drop 60 percent under Trump
The Trump administration has collected 60 percent less from civil penalties for environmental wrongdoing than the administrations of presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton did on average in their first six months in office.<p>That’s according to an analysis by the Environmental …
Liberal ViewCourt Scuttles Rule Cutting Potent Greenhouse Gas
One of the most powerful climate pollutants on earth, hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs, account for a small portion of U.S. climate pollution, but …
ClimateTrump is going easy on polluters.
According to a new study from the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project, the current presidential administration has collected fewer civil …
EnvironmentalismTrump actually wants to enforce an environmental rule. A court says he can’t.
On Tuesday, a D.C. appeals court struck down an Obama-era restriction on the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), chemicals used in refrigerators and …
ClimateIs This Smoke-Filled Summer Our Future?
Seattle — The weather forecast for Seattle on Wednesday reads “89 degrees, smoke.” We first noticed the smoke, drifting down from wildfires still burning in British Columbia, around Aug. 2, just as a heat wave sent temperatures spiking well into the 90s (the historical average for that week is 77) …
OpinionEPA head casts doubt on ‘supposed’ threat from climate change
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt on Wednesday cast doubt on the idea that climate change poses a threat to the United …
ClimateDieselgate forces German carmakers to rethink their future
Two years of leaks about emissions cheating and pollution fears have damaged Germany's standing as the world leader in car production. But analysts …
World NewsPruitt's EPA isn't collecting millions of dollars from polluters — here's how it could land him in court
• <b>The EPA under Administrator Scott Pruitt is punishing far fewer polluters than the last three administrations did.</b>• <b><br>That's partly because Pruitt has told his team he wants to keep the agency's decisions out of court.</b>• <b><br>We examined three ways the EPA will end up in court, regardless of what Pruitt does,</b> …
ClimateSmoggier Skies in Texas? No Thanks, Washington!
Before leaving for summer recess, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill, H.R. 806, that would sideline public health protections by …
U.S. House of RepresentativesFines for illegal pollution drop under Trump administration, study says
Justice Dept. settled 26 civil cases against companies or environmental violations -- totaling $12M in penalties -- a 60 percent drop under previous …
Massachusetts AG Maura Healey and 14 state attorneys fight EPA delay in cutting methane pollution from oil and gas rigs
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday joined 14 attorneys general to oppose a federal delay in implementing a 2016 rule designed to …
ClimateFed Court Mutes Key Weapon In Obama Administration’s Global Warming Fight
"This ruling has significant implications ..."
ClimateCourt says EPA overstepped authority in refrigerant phaseout
The EPA overstepped its authority when it banned hydrofluorocarbons in 2015 under a Clean Air Act provision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled …
BusinessEPA report shows economic growth, environmental rules can co-exist
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s argument that “job-killing” environmental regulations are stifling U.S. economic growth is being undercut by … the Trump administration.<p>A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency found that since Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, the …
ClimateBurning river reborn: How Cleveland saved the Cuyahoga – and itself
Many Americans remember the Cuyahoga as the river that ignited the environmental movement with a photo of flaming waters splashed across the pages of …
Lake ErieEPA: High levels of manganese found in southeast Chicago | Miami Herald
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited a Chicago facility after finding high levels of brain-damaging manganese in a low-income …
BusinessThe Christian Science Monitor Daily for August 8, 2017
Editor & product manager<p>Political bias. Gender equity. Morality. Free speech.<p>If you read the “manifesto” by a Google software engineer (who was just …
Raila OdingaToo much garbage: Landfills may no longer be enough for NCR waste: DENR
MANILA - Landfills may no longer be enough to accommodate the volume of waste produced in Metro Manila, an official of the Department of Environment …
RecyclingCalifornia counties sue oil and gas companies for damages caused by climate change
As investigations continue into whether ExxonMobil misled investors by failing to report its own scientists’ predictions about global warming, the company and other fossil fuel titans are being challenged on another legal front.<p>Marin and San Mateo counties, along with the City of Imperial Beach in …
ClimateWeather Permitting: The Origins Of Our National Obsession
In 1967, just over halfway through British <i>Vogue</i>'s first century, the movie version of <i>Camelot</i> was released. Written by native New Yorker Alan Jay …
William ShakespearePruitt is on a deregulation spree, but legal backlash is coming
<i>This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.</i><p>Say what you want about this …
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