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Air pollution kills 10 million people a year. Why do we accept that as normal?
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Air pollution kills 10 million people a year. Why do we accept that as normal?

Threats often appear larger and more profound the farther off they are, and more manageable and even routine once they arrive
Newsletter
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Scientists point to climate change as likely cause for Alaska snow crab decline

Even as scientists are still trying to figure out why the Bering Sea snow crab stock crashed in 2021, federal managers are working on a plan to help rebuild it.

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Wildfire pollution linked to at least 33,000 deaths worldwide

Wildfires akin to those that visibly devastated parts of Greece, Siberia and North America this year are also invisibly taking a deadly toll on human health. The fraction of deaths linked to short-term exposure to smoke released by the fires are nearly as high as those from heatwaves, a new estimate suggests.


Impacts
wildfire smoke supercharges the coronavirus

How wildfire smoke supercharges the coronavirus

Research in BC and beyond finds that soot in the air makes the pandemic more dangerous.
Impacts
COVID-19 pandemic deaths

The bottom line: We are saving millions of lives

It’s important to tally pandemic deaths. But do the powerful math on what the global shutdown has achieved.
Newsletter
A dirty economic restart could kill more people than the coronavirus
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A dirty economic restart could kill more people than the coronavirus

When the coronavirus lockdown lifts, the mortality risks of air pollution and climate change might not just return to normal—they might get worse.
Causes
Every day 10,000 people die due to air pollution from fossil fuels
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Every day 10,000 people die due to air pollution from fossil fuels

A study published last week in the journal Cardiovascular Research estimated that in 2015, the deaths of more than 3.6 million people worldwide could have been avoided if air pollution from fossil fuels were reduced to zero.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Airplane dropping fire retardant on a wildfire with homes on a hillside in the background.

Firefighting chemical raises concerns about environmental toxicity

3D image of a solar powered battery pack.

Massive battery project rises on former coal mine in Scotland

Industrial robot producing solar panels.

U.S. ramps up solar and battery manufacturing but lags in key components

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Trump's advisers push to reshape U.S. climate report

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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

People advocating against the US hydrogen hub build out

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

CLIMATE
Protest poster with the words 'you'll die of old age we'll die of climate change.'

Climate shifts in 2025 could reshape global action