July 18, 2019
Stories tagged "air pollution"
July 10, 2019
Nearly Half U.S. Governors Stand Up To Trump On Clean Cars
By Alexandra Patel and Monica Medina Twenty-four governors from across the country, including three Republicans and governors from states that voted for President Trump in 2016, have banded together to oppose one of Trump’s biggest climate policy rollbacks: the...July 2, 2019
Greening Your Fourth
Happy Fourth of July tomorrow! We know lots of you are looking for ways to make your celebration more sustainable. We looked at all the stories and here are the best suggestions. Re-Use Decorations — It’s Christmas in July – take out those...June 24, 2019
London’s Mayor Announces Clean Air Day to Happen Sept. 22nd
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has called air pollution “the biggest public health emergency of a generation” and has made tackling the problem an utmost priority during his tenure. This past April, London became the first city in the world to implement a...June 19, 2019
Trump Proposes Replacement for Clean Power Plan That Favors Coal
The Trump Administration yesterday proposed to replace one of the signature domestic climate change achievements of the Obama Administration — the Clean Power Plan to cut emissions from coal plants — with the “Affordable Clean Energy” or ACE...May 30, 2019
Hero of the Week: Ma Jun, Chinese Anti-Pollution Activist
This week we salute Ma Jung, a former investigative reporter in China who has been pressuring the Chinese government and private companies for more than a decade to reduce pollution. For good reason, according to the World Health Organization, a staggering 1 million...May 29, 2019
Trump EPA Overruled Own Scientists to Help Taiwanese Co. Build a Plant in WI
A recent freedom of information request by the Sierra Club and Clean Wisconsin revealed that EPA officials under pressure from President Trump, overruled concerns of career scientists about air pollution and public health in an effort to help Taiwanese technology...May 21, 2019
Reductions in air pollution reduce rates of childhood asthma in Los Angeles
According to the EPA, researchers have long linked asthma— a serious and life-threatening chronic respiratory disease that affects the quality of life of more than 23 million Americans— with exposure to air pollution. Cities with some of the worst air pollution have...April 30, 2019
London marathon demonstrates positive impact of taking cars off the road
We recently wrote about the London Marathon’s commitment to sustainability by issuing runners electrolyte water contained in edible seaweed pouches. But avoiding plastic pollution wasn’t the only environmental achievement from the marathon’s...April 24, 2019