Closing coal, oil power plants leads to healthier babies | Berkeley News

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Closing coal, oil power plants leads to healthier babies

Preterm birthrates dropped 20-25 percent when nearby power plants closed, providing an argument for replacing fossil fuel plants with renewable energy sources

https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/187/8/1586/4996680

Carbon pricing could be on the ballot in Washington state - Citizens' Climate Lobby

Carbon pricing could be on the ballot in Washington state - Citizens' Climate Lobby

Hothouse Earth: here's what the science actually does – and doesn't – say

Hopefully it is not as dire but we MUST act fast anyway. We need to mitigate carbon: leaving it in the ground (no more fossil fuels NOW), in peat, and in forests - and regenerate forests and other natural ecosystems on a large scale. Our agriculture MUST change to restorative practices, we need to change our diet and lifestyle, and control human population. Then we might have a chance – if we wisely adapt to what will be inevitable already…


Global map of potential tipping cascades, with arrows showing potential interactions.  Steffen et al / PNAS

Hothouse Earth: here's what the science actually does – and doesn't – say

Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state | Environment | The Guardian

We have very limited time to act!

Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state

Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile

Jonathan Watts

Tue 7 Aug 2018 02.21 EDTFirst published on Mon 6 Aug 2018 15.00 EDT

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 Polar bears on sea ice: the loss of the Greenland ice sheet could disrupt the Gulf Stream, which would in turn raise sea levels and accelerate Antarctic ice loss. Photograph: Paul Goldstein/Cover Images

A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond which human efforts to reduce emissions will be increasingly futile, a group of leading climate scientists has warned.

Full story: Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state | Environment | The Guardian

EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing - Archpaper.com

Another example for America - not Number 1 but backwards...This is pure murder!




The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has enacted a SNUR (Significant New Rule) allowing companies to use new asbestos-containing products on a case-by-case basis. (Courtesy Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center)



One of the most dangerous construction-related carcinogens is now legally allowed back into U.S. manufacturing under a new rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Fast Company recently reported that on June 1, the EPA authorized a “SNUR” (Significant New Use Rule) which allows new products containing asbestos to be created on a case-by-case basis.



EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing - Archpaper.com

Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment

Plastic Is Even Worse for the Earth Than We Thought

We already knew plastic waste releases toxic chemicals into the environment and can injure and kill marine life. Now, scientists say decomposing plastic does this, too.



Production of methane and ethylene from plastic in the environment

Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”

A small but important correction of the NY Times story I shared earlier well written by Naomi Klein. The small difference actually changes the whole perspective from us not acting on climate change because humans are too stupid to very avoidable if we chose a better system than capitalism.




The skyline of Manhattan at sunset in New York, May 23, 2018. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images



Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”