Category: gnus

air pollution kills twenty thousand on an average day

…yes, David, but: which twenty thousand?

— Read on lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n23/david-wallace-wells/ten-million-a-year

Even as windstorms became more powerful, wildfires grew more deadly and rising seas made damaging floods more frequent, American views about the threat of global warming over the past few years remain largely unchanged
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/11/12/strong-winds-climate-change-have-failed-move-opinions-many-americans/

…I don’t know where we’re going, but we’re making good time.

— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2021/climate-pledges-cop26/

It’s been three years since the Camp Fire swept through Northern California, but many residents still face serious mental health issues. Is what’s happening there a warning to the rest of us?
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/27/camp-fire-ptsd/

www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/24/climate-change-power-outages/

the total emissions footprint of the plastics industry in the U.S…. is now estimated to be the equivalent of least 232 million tons of carbon dioxide, or the average emissions from 116 standard coal plants

— Read on gizmodo.com/plastic-is-the-new-coal-1847911940

#AreYouDown?

Americans are being exposed to more infectious diseases, heat waves, and wildfires due to climate change. A new report shows just how bad things are getting.
— Read on gizmodo.com/the-era-of-climate-sickness-has-arrived-1847903223

The agency has never regulated a hazardous pollutant on such a broad scale.

…which: great!–but also: never?

#WhoNeedsForever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/18/epa-regulate-forever-chemicals-pfas

“There isn’t a middle ground between a livable and unlivable world.”

www.vox.com/22709379/moderate-versus-progressive-democrats-climate