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Centering Public Health at the UN Climate Talks

Legal Planet

During the conference, 2023 was declared the hottest year on record. Each pod replicated different pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide. Climate change intersects with physical health in myriad ways. I was wrong.

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DEP, Local Partners To Hold 5 Outreach Sessions For Input Into Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives Starting Dec. 4

PA Environment Daily

Posted: November 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest The CCAP will build on the PCAP to include a broad list of GHG reduction strategies that could be used in Pennsylvania and include analyses that will help assess the benefits and impacts of these strategies. For more information, visit DEP’s Priority Climate Action Plan webpage.

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Smoke & Mirrors: Wildfire Smoke Beyond the Source

HumanNature

Guest Post by MJ Riches , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University Wildfire smoke billowing from the Rocky Mountains or clouds at sunset? Photo credit Jienan Li, Colorado State University Do Orange Skies Spell Demise? But why is the sky orange?

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The Climate Commitment Act: A Promise to Washington's Communities

Washington Nature

Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) goes into effect on January 1, 2023. A key critique of California's Cap & Trade program has been that it hasn’t reduced health-harming criteria pollutants , including carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, and particulates.

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DEP Awards $1.5 Million To Help Municipalities, Schools, Businesses Switch To Clean Transportation

PA Environment Daily

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases heating up the climate, in the air.

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DEP Awards $2.9 Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15

PA Environment Daily

Getting more zero- and low-emission vehicles on the road in Pennsylvania helps reduce harmful air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, helping to address climate change.

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Between 2017 and 2023 there were over 1500 injuries and seven deaths in 153 refineries across the US. One good example of the nexus between global warming and local pollution is ground-level ozone. It is one of the so-called criteria air pollutants , along with NOx, SOx, carbon monoxide (CO), and lead 5.