COVID-19 Air Quality Report
<p>Coinciding with the 50th anniversary ofEarth Day, this report investigates the impact COVID-19 lockdowns have had on global particulate pollution levels.As lockdowns were implemented in response to
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Almost half of Americans live with unhealthy levels of air pollution
Report finds 148m living in areas where smog and soot particles are health risk with climate change likely to worsen conditions Nearly half of all Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of air
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Six Activists Win Goldman Environment Prize
Six environmental advocates from India, Peru, Russia and three other nations have won this year's Goldman Prize, which is awarded annually for grass-roots activism. India's Ramesh Agrawal received the
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Odds of NYC Flooding During a Storm Up 20-Fold
The chances of New York City flooding during a storm are even greater than scientists previously thought, a new study suggests. Maximum water levels in New York Harbor during storms have risen by nearly
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U.S. top court declines Exxon's appeal in water pollution case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a ruling against Exxon Mobil Corp that ordered the company to pay $105 million in damages for polluting New York City's groundwater with a toxic gasoline
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US EPA finds the most energy efficient buildings in top 10 cities
Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its sixth annual list of the 25 U.S. metropolitan areas with the most ENERGY STAR certified buildings in 2013. The list demonstrates economic
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Cost Among Hurdles Slowing New York City’s Plan to Phase Out Dirty Heating Oil
Outside Alicia Barksdale’s living room, high above Upper Manhattan, the brick chimney atop the building next door belches black smoke all winter long, and even into the spring. Ms. Barksdale’s windows
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Asthma Costs New York $1.3 Billion a Year, DiNapoli Says
Asthma, the chronic lung disease, costs New York state more than $1.3 billion annually in medical costs and lost productivity, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said. About 1.7 million New Yorkers have asthma,
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Christie Greenhouse Changes Violate N.J. Law, Court Says
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration violated state law in the way it withdrew from a regional program to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, a state appellate court ruled. New Jersey must
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Mind the risk: A global ranking of cities under threat from natural disasters
<p>17.9 million Kolkatans face serious risk from natural disasters and the city emerges as the world’s seventh riskiest city reveals this new analysis of natural disasters confronting 616 of the world’s largest urban areas.</p>
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NY City greenhouse gas emissions drop 19 pct since 2005
New York City's greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by 19 percent since 2005, outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday, putting the city nearly two-thirds of the way to meeting the goal that Bloomberg