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

HumanNature

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., AMAP Assessment 2015: Black Carbon and Ozone as Arctic Climate Forcers.”

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A Toxic Tour Helps Convey What Fenceline Communities Experience

Union of Concerned Scientists

Our air monitors measure black carbon, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, and other specific site pollutants. This is about environmental racism.” It is important for people to recognize that, from 2006 to 2014, the richest 20 percent of our country have received about $10.8 billion of those benefits.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

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Policy News: June 14, 2021

ESA

Climate: The Environmental Protection Agency does not list a timetable to act on a new carbon dioxide rule for existing power plants. EPA – National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of Virtual Public Meetings (June 17). Several factors lend the rulemaking to a longer timeframe, including the D.C.

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