pollution

It’s impossible to avoid plastic entirely, but there are effective ways to limit your exposure. Here are some tips on how to get rid of plastic at home. Don’t worry; it’s easier than you think! learn more in treehugger 10 tips…

Two years after the Chinese government launched a $277 billion plan to fight smog, despite some small steps of progress, air pollution is still so bad that the mayor of Beijing recently called the city unlivable. learn more in fastcoexist…

The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report left no doubt about the future of the world if we don’t slow the rate at which we release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. In a word, it’s going to…

The U.S. government has today unveiled the third National Climate Assessment — the most comprehensive scientific review ever published of climate change and its impacts across the United States.    learn more in futuretimeline The Third National Climate Assessment is…

“The American Lung Association has opposed granting renewable energy subsidies for biomass combustion precisely because it is so polluting,” .Why we are using taxpayer dollars to subsidize power plants that are more polluting than coal?”   learn more in grist …

In new estimates released today, WHO reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died – one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms…

In the future, society will have to pay for each puff of carbon emissions emitted today. And the bill from the damages–from rising seas and the spread of diseases–is going to cause sticker shock.   Critics of strong national climate…

In the fall, PJM, the largest grid operator in the world, serving 60 million customers across 13 Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states, issued the preliminary results of a major wind integration study. The final results of the study were released…