Regardless of politics, culture wars, and regulations, if you have a gas stove and can replace it or encourage your landlord to replace it, do it
We lived with a gas stove when my kids were 2-8. Every winter one of them would develop a cough that lasted at least a month. My oldest was diagnosed with cough variant asthma
After moving to a home with electric stove, respiratory problems disappeared. No asthma. My $0.02
Meanwhile in #india their National Council of Educational Research and Training seems to think #pollution#evolution and #democracy are not that relevant, so they removed them from the curriculum of most students.
#Dyson's next new product looks to be a form of air purification system you wear like underwater breathing apparatus to help you deal with urban #pollution.
This is the same private sector response to a public realm problem that made US car manufacturers have soft suspension on vehicles to deal with under-maintained roads, and as such is a classic collective action problem.
We need collective action to deal with pollution not some #scifi product that just makes it bearable for the wealthy!
Here is a crazy idea, instead of inventing new and potentially environmentally dangerous methods to "store" carbon, let's just burn less fossil fuel?
This method proposes to take leftover corn bits (called corn stover, a mix of leaves, cobs and other bits), burn it at a high temperature, convert it into "bio-oil" and then inject it into old oil reservoirs.
A few issues here:
Corn (for ethanol or livestock feed [the two largest uses]) is harmful to the environment (water and environment pollution)
Used reservoirs can and do leak liquids
The new "bio-oil" can leak and its chemically unknown slurry can enter water sources
Production of "bio-oil" is energy intensive and expensive
Nothing lasts forever, not even "bio-oil"
Instead of inventing new technology to allow us not to deal with the causes of climate change, we could just use less energy and/or use renewable technology.
#OTTAWA | Long-awaited amendments 2 #CanadianEnvironmentalProductionAct (CEPA) passed final vote in #HouseOfCommons today. Passage o #BillS5 marks significant milestone towards better protecting people in Canada & the #environment from #pollution & toxic chemicals. We look forward 2 new provisions entering into force & call for them 2 be implemented 2 highest standards.
Bill S-5 is 1st major update 2 #Canada’s environmental law since 1999.
>"As long as they keep talking about global climate change, they are not gonna go anywhere. 'Cause no one gives a s--- about that," Arnold Schwarzenegger says.
@pivoinebleue Labeling is important. Think how people who are concerned about climate change are labeled socialists and tree huggers. Pollution is something that is more readily visible and tangible for people. But there also needs to be labeling for those who oppose stopping pollution. Make the enemy tangible and easy to remember. If this isn't done, the changes won't come quick enough.
This is so disgusting. It's like a bad dream I can't wake up from...
Diplomats from 175 countries gathering in Paris for plastics treaty talks on Monday may want to pack an umbrella, but not just because there's a chance of rain.
France's capital will also be showered during the five-day talks by billions of microplastic particles falling from the sky, according to the first-ever plastics pollution weather forecast.
French scientists have found that most plastic particles falling across Paris' catchment area are nylon and polyester, probably from clothing.
Other bits are cast off by tires, which shed them especially when vehicles brake.
Over an entire year, up to 10 metric tons of microplastic fibers settle over the Paris area, scientists estimate.
The density of "plastic fall" can increase by an order of magnitude during heavy rain.
Measurements taken by other teams have replicated these findings in half a dozen cities around the world.
Microplastics that hit the ground can still be ingested or inhaled when stirred up, for example, on a windy day.
Plus, it's not only humans and human cities being polluted and poisoned this way...
The equivalent of a garbage truck's worth of plastic refuse is dumped into the ocean every minute.
"Plastic particles break down into the environment and this toxic cocktail ends up in our bodies, where it does unimaginable damage to our health," said Marcus Gover, head of plastics research at the Minderoo Foundation based in Perth, Australia.
Concern over the impact of plastics on the environment and human well-being has surged in recent years along with a crescendo of research documenting its omnipresence and persistence.
In nature, multi-colored microplastics — by definition less than five millimeters (0.2 inches) in diameter — have been found in ice near the North Pole and inside fish navigating the oceans' deepest, darkest recesses.
Plastic debris is estimated to kill more than a million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals each year, according to the United Nations Environment Program, and filter-feeding blue whales consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day.
In humans, microscopic bits of plastic have been detected in blood, breast milk, and placentas.
Gah. It's utterly horrifying what industry has done in the name of "growth" and "progress." Yet still we carry on with Business As Usual, week after week, year after year.
The Supreme Court majority is so far to the right as to be nauseating. As in so many cases where SCOTUS rules on technical issues, this decision completely misses the intent of the law.
Water flows through wetlands. Pollution is carried by that flow. Water doesn’t just go or stay where you tell it to.