Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Scientists have unequivocally confirmed that human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels, are driving unprecedented changes to the Earth’s climate, raising fundamental questions about our responsibility to safeguard the environment for future generations. And is it a right worth fighting for? What is a stable climate?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A human rights-based approach to cultural heritage protection is an essential cornerstone for climate justice and just resilience, but it often seems completely missing from the climate policy equation. The foundational document of international human rights law is the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Communities and ecosystems continue to suffer the consequences of human-caused climate change , primarily from the burning of fossil fuels across our economy. New in this UCS analysis is a look at the public health co-benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuels that occur from decarbonizing our economy. micrometers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

The ARA is bold legislation that equips farmers with funding for climate resilience, including a much-needed focus on soil health. Instead of producing more , we need to produce better —for the health and well-being of our bodies, communities, and environment. New paradigm?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At issue is the EPA’s process of compiling what the agency calls an “integrated science assessment.” The law requires that the EPA carry out a study, called an “integrated science assessment,” that combs through the scientific literature and articulates exactly how dangerous these pollutants are to people’s health and the environment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere. Just how bad is fossil “natural” gas? Its primary component is methane. VY: That’s right.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 20, 2023

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 The original conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) released a draft set of recommendations calling on the EPA to tighten its current standard for ground-level ozone pollution to protect public health. But will the EPA follow CASAC’s recommendations?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 29, 2022

The current RMP rule needs urgent and long-overdue reform to prevent chemical disasters and protect human health and the environment. Facilities operating under this rule contain chemicals that are known to be dangerous to human health. What the EPA must do. Healthcare professionals: let’s use our voices.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The climate crisis is a public health crisis, and it finally seems global leaders have recognized that fact. With the backdrop of the first-ever Health Day at the annual UN climate conference, air quality in Dubai soared, as PM2.5 The World Health Organization states the annual average concentrations of PM2.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 23, 2023

A majority of all heat alerts since May 1 (83%) have a clear climate signal, meaning that these extreme heat conditions would not have happened without human-caused climate change due to the burning of fossil fuels. 4897 ) would require new safety and health standards to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.

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Nanotech

MARCH 28, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to address to the extent necessary the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by chrysotile asbestos based on the risks posed by certain conditions of use (COU).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2024

And anti-vaxxers are eager to persuade you that vaccines (one of history’s greatest public health achievements) is somehow suspect. At this meeting, it was decided that a public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, would be employed and jointly paid by the tobacco companies to develop a response to the smoking and health allegations.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 8, 2024

When speaking with friends and family about my work, I realize that many of the everyday topics I consistently think and talk about are issues that others don’t often consider. adults rated the risk of entanglement and injury to marine animals as a top concern, compared to 18% that ranked human health impacts as a top concern.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

The United Nations climate panel issued a blunt and urgent warning to the world on Monday. Climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet. Climate change is bad enough, but human actions are making the fallout worse. Human Health Is At Risk. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Research projects that include agroecology, measurement and modeling of soil carbon storage , climate change mitigation, ecosystem services, soil health, and impacts of policy on food system resilience need to be expanded and supported. Invest in sustainable nutrition science, for environmental and human health.

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Factors like price, packaging and health value often influence what products people choose when walking down the aisle of a grocery store. Microplastics have even been found in the air we breathe and the food we eat, meaning that humans consume microplastics daily. It is not just a seafood issue; it is something that affects us all.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2024

On March 19, DEP advised the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board the agency is pursuing funding through the US Department of the Interior to get a “really good understanding” of some of the human health impacts of leaking, abandoned conventional oil and gas wells. Related Articles - Oil & Gas Health Impacts: -- State Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

William Burgos, a Penn State Professor of Environmental Engineering, who has done extensive research on the environmental and health risks of road dumping, including some funded by the Department of Environmental Protection. So chloride for stream health and [radioactive] radium and petroleum hydrocarbons primarily for human health.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

You may have heard about the chemical, ethylene oxide (EtO), making headlines lately for posing health risks to communities across the country. EPA recently issued information on 23 locations in the country that are experiencing very high rates of exposure to ethylene oxide from nearby facilities that use it to sterilize medical equipment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 15, 2022

In a victory for scientific integrity, this week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a long-delayed draft toxicological assessment on formaldehyde, a chemical widely used in building materials, medicinal and personal care products, and furnishings.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

When there is not enough water to satisfy all demands, water must be allocated among competing human and environmental uses. As a result, the SWRCB issued curtailment orders months after they were warranted. The State has rarely implemented curtailments. The figure below shows an example from the Shasta River watershed.

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Frontiers

MAY 31, 2023

by Liad Hollender, Frontiers science writer Image: Shutterstock Researchers reveal how a new assessment of health called ‘human functioning’ could bridge health and well-being, with far reaching benefits to individuals and society as a whole.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Adding-- “The DEP understands that there are and will continue to be environmental and public health concerns related to the potential impacts of oil and gas brine spreading in Pennsylvania.” The hearing was organized by Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester), Chair of the Committee, and Sen. Read more here. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 12, 2024

This is not only an environmental problem; scientists are increasingly connecting plastics and the chemicals they’re made from to health issues, including cancers, infertility, obesity and heart disease. Every single stage of the lifecycle of plastic causes harm to our environment and our health.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Some need infrastructure for basic human needs like clean water and sanitation and safe indoor air as well. billion in IRA funds to benefit public health and the environment. Many low-income homeowners need physical upgrades to their homes before they can contemplate investing in energy efficiency or solar upgrades.

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Frontiers

OCTOBER 4, 2023

On World Mental Health Day 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mental health a fundamental human right that should be accessible to everyone, regardless of location or background. In support of WHO’s mission, we have compiled a list of leading article collections advancing mental health research.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 23, 2022

Water shortages forced residents to turn to cholera-contaminated ponds for drinking water, health officials say. The ongoing heat wave, which experts say “ tests the limits of human survivability ,” is the immediate cause of the outbreak. The water-borne disease took root a month ago in the remote mountain town of Pir Koh.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lest one thinks this disconnect is a failure of the global climate architecture, the failure lies much closer to home—in the domestic politics in the US and many other countries that continue to favor the interests of the rich and powerful , and fossil fuel companies, at the expense of the health and safety of everyone else and the planet.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

That’s essentially the way most environmental protections work, addressing one issue at a time. ingestion, inhalation, skin contact), as well as sensitivity and susceptibility to environmental harm from systemic factors that negatively impact community health. Significant progress.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Colleagues would ask, “Why would the safety of a few populations matter when pathogens can infect all humans?” I later learned about Percy Julian , the organic chemist who contributed to medicine by synthesizing progesterone and cortisone (two important hormones in the human body) from natural products.

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Greenbuilding Law

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Not surprisingly, in a soon to be published literature search of polls across the globe in the last year, access to “clean potable water” was the top environmental issue. Humans aren’t the sole ‘cause’ of climate change, and environmentalists have done a disservice in making that claim too assertively.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

The draft policy addressed a concern that scientific integrity advocates raised regarding a provision that appeared in the model scientific integrity policy (which was developed by an interagency working group) and used by the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health in their draft policies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2023

Human-caused climate change is expected to increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events like hurricanes, floods, and droughts that are already ravaging communities across the United States. The human cost of the Pajaro disaster, including the loss of homes, jobs, and local infrastructure, is truly tragic and may be growing.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2023

Ranging from human rights violations to border disputes, conflicts among nations are often complex and contentious. The impact of an ICJ advisory opinion on climate change could be similarly significant and help shape international law and policy on this critical issue.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2024

If DEP issues an explicit ban on road spreading for conventional industry waste this will help significantly. In fact, 25 out of the 31 chemicals and pollutants found in the wastewater exceeded, and in many instances far exceeded, established health or environmental standards, including radioactive radium.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Michigan legislative leaders say they expect lots of attention this year to water affordability and quality issues, starting with a bill that would declare water to be a human right. Past versions of the “human right to water” bill failed to get hearings in the Republican-led legislature. A bill sponsored by Sen.

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