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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 µm in diameter, which include our black carbon particles of interest, have been shown to be particularly problematic because they can penetrate deep into the lungs and blood stream and cause cardiovascular and respiratory disease (Pope and Dockery, 2006; Brook et al.,

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A Toxic Tour Helps Convey What Fenceline Communities Experience

Union of Concerned Scientists

First, multiple local community members talked about their experiences with apathetic decisionmakers, energy burdens, air pollution, legacy contamination, and the impacts on their respiratory health. Many discussed exacerbations of allergies by air pollution. This is about environmental racism.”

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

These potential intervenors alleged that the additional emissions during the stay period would harm their interest in protecting their residents from the effects of air pollution and climate change. The California Supreme Court denied three petitions for review.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

None of that means climate change isn’t, and won’t continue to be, a factor in global health, particularly if action to prevent it also reduces air pollution, or removes other health stressors. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

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