As reported in the NY Times, a NASA funded study that tracked pollutants from space has shown that the newly built massive warehouses cause pollution, and the corresponding truck traffic that goes with them does indeed increase air pollution to the surrounding neighborhoods. Worse, the NOx that is emitted is known to increase asthma and […]
In spite of all of the bad news that we hear about countries not cooperating, the United Nations has embarked on negotiating a globally binding treaty designed to reduce plastic in our environment. As National Geographic reported, this will have a larger impact than the Paris Climate Accord. Why? Because when the world targets plastic […]
As You Sow has reported a plastic pollution scorecard…and a full report that you can read. What is most surprising is the list of companies that have failing grades. Indeed, if this plastic pollution scorecard represented a test result by a teacher who wanted a bell curve, it would need quite a curve adjustment! Only […]
In OXFAM’s latest report, it seems that the wealthiest 1% of the population not only reap the greatest financial gains, but that those with wealth are the largest contributors to Climate Change. Between being the least effected by the pandemic, and the generation of climate changing gases as jet setters play around the globe, the […]
This may come as a shock to you, but the EPA under this administration is allowing industrial facilities to stop testing under the guise of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It seems that if you claim a hardship, you don’t have to test the industrial effluent that you generate. At least 350 companies have taken advantage of […]