New Orleans A bunch of scientists from a slew of top enviro-research institutes in the UK, US, Netherlands, Germany, and Brazil, who study climate for a living had a simple, but solid idea. Maybe we should measure how what countries are actually doing to reduce global warming lines up with what they are …
Category: Environment
The Horror of Microplastics is Everywhere, Even on a Beach Near You
Pearl River Summer and beaches are almost synonymous in many parts of the world. The idyllic days with your feet in the sand, following crab tracks, walking in the waves at waters’ edge, as the sea birds hop away or soar overhead; it’s hard to beat. All of that is true, even as I …
Environmental Racism and Black Property Loss are Twins
Pearl River One public health research report after another has nailed the facts that minority and lower income populations life expectancy is diminished by environmental pollution. Harvard’s School of Public Health says that the new tighter air pollution standards proposed by the EPA could “reduce mortality rates by up to 7 percent for Black …