Fossil Fuel Industry Subsidized at Rate of $11 Million Per Minute, IMF Finds
Fossil fuel subsidies trigger a vicious circle that leads to higher production, higher consumption, and higher emissions.
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Los Angeles Has Longest Stretch of Clean Air Since 1980 As Traffic and Pollution Plummet Amid Coronavirus Shutdown (PHOTOS)
With most people staying home during the coronavirus outbreak, Los Angeles now has some of the cleanest air of any major city.
Bitcoin Alone Can Push Global Warming Above 2°C Degrees In A Couple Decades
A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change finds that if Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other technologies have been incorporated, it alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033.
WHO Report: 95% of World Population Reside in Regions Contaminated By Life-Threatening Air Pollution
Most of the world’s population reside in regions where air quality contains life-threatening pollutants, with 95% breathing in unhealthy air, a World Health Organization (WHO) study has determined. This health crisis has already claimed 7 million lives since the Syrian War began, many whose surroundings exceed toxic levels, causing asthma, stroke, emphysema, heart disease, hypertension, and serious breathing difficulties.
Tides of Plastic Garbage Are Washing Up on Caribbean Beaches
The equivalent of five grocery bags of plastic trash for every foot of coastline spills into the oceans annually. On a remote island in the Caribbean Sea, discarded bottles, wrappers, Read More…
Pollution Kills 9 Million People Each Year — More Than War, Disaster, and Famine Combined
One out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015—about 9 million—could be attributed to disease from environmental pollution, according to a major new study released Thursday in Read More…