News: Earth & Climate — Environmental Policy
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| 1 | Aug. 30, 2023 - A new study found that 12% of Americans, mostly men or people aged 50-65, consume half of all beef on a given day, contributing to adverse health and environmental impacts. Educational programs ... | |
| 1 | Sep. 13, 2023 - If the Chicago region replaced 30% of all on-road combustion-engine vehicles -- including motorcycles, passenger cars and trucks, buses, refuse trucks and short- and long-haul trucks -- with electric ... | |
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| 5 | Aug. 30, 2023 - Scientists have revised previous assumptions about the influence of pollutant particles, known as aerosols, on global warming. Using satellite data, researchers have shown that the relationship ... | |
| 5 | Sep. 13, 2023 - New research suggests that owls in Texas have high rates of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) -- blood thinning rat poisons -- in their ... | |
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| 9 | Aug. 30, 2023 - New research has detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important and under-recognized source of lead and cadmium ... | |
| 9 | Sep. 12, 2023 - Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and ... | |
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| 13 | Aug. 29, 2023 - Nitrogen dioxide levels in remote forest areas are increasing, and wildfire and soil emissions are likely the reasons why, finds a new ... | |
| 13 | Sep. 11, 2023 - A new study finds that surface soil in parks and playgrounds built on former waste incineration and ash disposal sites may contain levels of lead exceeding EPA safety standards for areas where ... | |
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| 17 | Aug. 28, 2023 - High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kakapo population is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered ... | |
| 17 | Sep. 11, 2023 - Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money -- and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms. But the climate and health ... | |
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| 21 | Aug. 24, 2023 - Study analyses 18 major carbon offset projects, and compares their conservation claims with matched sites that offer a real-world benchmark for deforestation levels. Over 60 million carbon credits ... | |
| 21 | Sep. 11, 2023 - Failing to achieve climate mitigation goals puts increasing pressure on climate adaptation strategies. In two new studies, researchers address novel approaches to these ... | |
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| 25 | Aug. 23, 2023 - A new study finds that standalone solar photovoltaic irrigation systems have the potential to meet more than a third of the water needs for crops in small-scale farms across sub-Saharan ... | |
| 25 | Sep. 11, 2023 - New results reveal that many of Africa's remaining lions live within small, fragmented populations at risk of disappearing. The researchers developed a new framework which integrates ecological ... | |
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| 29 | Aug. 23, 2023 - Researchers combined human and ecological factors to analyze the global scale of non-native tree species invasions. Human activity in hotspots of global trade, such as maritime ports, is linked to an ... | |
| 29 | Sep. 11, 2023 - As researchers around the world race against time to develop new strategies and technologies to fight climate change, a team of scientists is exploring one possible way to directly reduce the amount ... | |
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| 33 | Aug. 22, 2023 - A new study finds rivers and streams at higher latitudes contributing as much methane, a potent greenhouse gas, to the atmosphere as warmer waters in the tropics. The surrounding habitat, not ... | |
| 33 | Sep. 7, 2023 - A new report presents major findings on the gravity of impacts from invasive alien species on our ... | |
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| 37 | Aug. 22, 2023 - Household fruit and vegetable production, in allotments and gardens, could be key to a healthy and food-secure population, a new study has ... | |
| 37 | Sep. 7, 2023 - A new study suggests that railroads are likely to cut transportation prices to prop up coal-fired plants if U.S. climate policies further disadvantage coal in favor of less carbon-intensive energy ... | |
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| 41 | Aug. 18, 2023 - The US has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To accomplish this goal, large cuts in emissions are necessary, especially in high-emission sectors like the building industry. ... | |
| 41 | Sep. 7, 2023 - An international team of scientists analysed publicly available sustainability reports released by 100 of the world's largest companies and found that around two-thirds of these global ... | |
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| 45 | Aug. 17, 2023 - The economists say more frequent use of up-front experiments would result in more effective environmental policymaking in areas ranging from pollution control to timber harvesting across the ... | |
| 45 | Sep. 7, 2023 - New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role in migration than ... | |
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| 49 | Aug. 17, 2023 - A new study reveals that the wealthiest Americans, those whose income places them in the top 10% of earners, are responsible for 40% of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions. The study ... | |
| 49 | Sep. 6, 2023 - As the Earth's human population grows, greenhouse gas emissions from the world's food system are on track to expand. A new study demonstrates that state-of-the-art agricultural technology ... | |
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| 53 | Aug. 14, 2023 - Farmers around the world could help the planet reach a key carbon removal goal set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by mixing crushed volcanic rocks into their fields, a new ... | |
| 53 | Sep. 5, 2023 - When we determine which communities are more likely to get their water from contaminated supplies, median household income is not the best measure. That's according to a recent study that found ... | |
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| 57 | Aug. 11, 2023 - With methods of so-called geoengineering, the climate could theoretically be artificially influenced and cooled. Researchers have now investigated whether it would be possible to prevent the melting ... | |
| 57 | Sep. 5, 2023 - In the United States, tens of millions of people live behind levees, but historically disadvantaged groups are more likely to live behind subpar levees and have fewer resources to maintain critical ... | |
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| 61 | Aug. 9, 2023 - Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the U.S., contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United ... | |
| 61 | Sep. 5, 2023 - If the region surrounding Chicago -- North America's largest freight hub -- shifted just 30% of its current on-road heavy-duty vehicles to electric versions, it would substantially reduce ... | |
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| 65 | Aug. 9, 2023 - Between 1990 and 2019, the total annual number of premature CVD deaths and years of disability attributable to particulate matter air pollution rose by 31% ... | |
| 65 | Sep. 5, 2023 - Reducing air pollution in kitchens could drastically improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable communities globally, say ... | |
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| 69 | Aug. 9, 2023 - New research indicates that mitigating both local land and sea-based human impacts, especially in terms of pollutants and over-fishing, provides coral reef ecosystems with the best opportunity to ... | |
| 69 | Sep. 5, 2023 - Invasive alien species are animals that may pose a threat to biodiversity, but it's time to deal with that threat in a more ethical ... | |
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| 73 | Aug. 8, 2023 - Scientific findings don't always translate neatly into actions, especially in conservation and resource management. The disconnect can leave academics and practitioners disheartened and a bit ... | |
| 73 | Sep. 1, 2023 - Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren't distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic ... | |
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| 77 | Aug. 8, 2023 - Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss will almost certainly become more common and more severe, researchers ... | |
| 77 | Aug. 31, 2023 - At a time of unparalleled rates of biodiversity loss, a new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is needed to guide action quickly enough to target conservation efforts to ... | |
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