Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 9, 2024
If governments bypass or undermine science and public comments in policy making, our health could be in jeopardy from increased pollution, cases of foodborne illnesses, politically-driven medicine approvals or disapprovals, and more. It was not a catchy slogan to write on a cardboard sign, but the message is important to all of our lives.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
But it’s not totally clear what he meant, because “climate change” was used at the time to refer to a range of issues including acid rain, damage to the ozone layer, local weather control efforts, and desertification. In one sentence of a 1975 article, John Barton referred to “climate change” as a potentially severe long-term problem.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The direct emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO X ) associated with truck pollution exacerbates asthma , and NO X leads to the formation of ozone, which shows clear evidence for reduced lung function and increased mortality. We in Colorado have many days of problematic ozone. California is leading the way, but states are ready to follow.
Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
After the 2014 shutdown Toledo spent $53 million to install an ozone treatment system at the city’s drinking water plant to safeguard customers from algal toxins, said Andrew McClure, the plant’s administrator. And political power with it. Just lack of political capital. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue. The Lake Erie Bill of Rights.
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
They include, but are not limited to, altering rainfall and monsoon patterns, damaging the ozone layer, increasing global conflicts, and – most unacceptable of all – giving political cover for fossil fuel industries to continue polluting rather than cut greenhouse gas emissions. The potential risks are legion.
Environment, Law, and History
MAY 12, 2022
Among other things, it demonstrates that environmental regulation is often driven politically by pressure from businesses that stand to profit from the regulation, a phenomenon we have also seen, for instance, in the history of the Montreal Protocol on ozone-depleting substances.
Greenbuilding Law
OCTOBER 8, 2023
That substantive list is substantially the same as the original version of TRACI released by EPA in August 2002. Humans aren’t the sole ‘cause’ of climate change, and environmentalists have done a disservice in making that claim too assertively.”
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