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The Next Source of Trouble for Great Lakes Fish Populations: Tires

Circle of Blue

In 2006, Atlantic salmon were reintroduced.). Early last year, the National Contaminants Advisory Group of Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced special funding for researchers to study the impact of 6PPD-quinone and other tire by-products on Canadian salmon, trout and whitefish.

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Ripe for Disaster Declarations: Heat, Wildfire Smokeā€¦and Death Data

Union of Concerned Scientists

University scientists and health and safety groups are filling in the gaps as best they can. In 2020, a study in the journal Environmental Epidemiology determined that 5,600 deaths a year were attributable to heat from 1997 to 2006, eight times higher than federal figures.

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Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was an apocalyptic encore of the worst-ever 2006 season that saw 9.9 It makes them ripe for disproportional impacts from climate change, relative to the nation in general. It was because of smoke during the 2007 wildfire season in the United States, the second worst at the time for acreage burned. million acres burned.

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Senate Committees Hear Familiar Pro/Con Comments On Economic, Environmental Impacts Of EQBā€™s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants - RGGI

PA Environment Daily

It needs to be an informed decision with equal input from climate scientists and economists. Report after report, scientist after scientist, they continue to demonstrate that our lack of movement on climate change is leading to stronger and more frequent and dangerous weather patterns and rising ocean waters.

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Policy News: July 12, 2021

ESA

Amid competing House and Senate proposals to increase funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill covering NSF, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA. EU countries approve landmark climate change law ā€“ Reuters.

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