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Achieving Clean Air in Cities	7.12.2018	THE CITY FIX
The original version of this text appeared in the International Finance Corporation analysis, “Climate Investment Opportunities in Cities.” Air pollution is the world’s fourth-leading fatal health risk and the top environmental health risk. One in nine deaths globally are attributed ...
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U.S. health officials say it's OK to eat some romaine again	27.11.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice
The Food and Drug Administration narrowed its blanket warning from last week, when it said people shouldn't eat any type of romaine because of an E. coli outbreak.
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6 Ways to Move the Global Air Quality Movement Forward in Cities	19.11.2018	THE CITY FIX
Solving the world’s air pollution problems is not going to be easy. Ninety-eight percent of cities in low- and middle-income countries with more than 100,000 inhabitants do not meet World Health Organization air quality guidelines for PM2.5. In total, 95 ...
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Colorado Decides Whether to Adopt State Clean Car Standards – Here’s What You Should Know	14.11.2018	Climate 411 - Environmental Defense Fund
This post was co-authored by EDF legal fellow Laura Shields. Colorado will decide this week whether to join 13 other states and implement protective state clean car standards. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission will hold public meetings tomorrow and Friday – and then they’ll vote on whether the Centennial State will adopt standards to […]
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Science Under Siege	12.11.2018	American Prospect
House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith speaks on Capitol Hill. This article appears in the Fall 2018 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here . The HONEST Act may be one of the most perversely named pieces of legislation ever. Sponsored by Texas Republican Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science Committee and one of the most fervent climate-science deniers in Congress, the acronym stands for Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment. Smith, who is retiring this year, attempted to get the legislation through Congress in the past two sessions. Both times, it barely passed the House and failed in the Senate. That would usually be the end of it, but in line with the Trump playbook, the former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, announced he would issue most of the “HONEST” agenda as a proposed rule retitled “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.” The proposed “HONEST” rule sounds ever so reasonable. It would require that EPA’s scientific ...
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Taking shortcuts won't protect our families from air pollution	10.11.2018	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
Taking shortcuts won't protect our families from air pollution
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Coal is not competitive with cheaper alternatives, and the industry's true costs are even higher	8.11.2018	Resource Efficiency \| GreenBiz.com
Power plant emissions kill tens of thousands of Americans each year, scientists estimate.
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Curbing Climate Change and Preventing Deaths from Air Pollution Go Hand-in-Hand	7.11.2018	THE CITY FIX
More than 7 million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution. That’s like the entire population of Hong Kong dropping dead due to a cause that’s ultimately avoidable. The World Health Organization (WHO) is turning its attention to ...
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3 reasons why air pollution should be a top priority for businesses	6.11.2018	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
3 reasons why air pollution should be a top priority for businesses
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Houston neighborhood maps decades-old pollution problem, paving way for communities nationwide	2.11.2018	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
Houston neighborhood maps decades-old pollution problem, paving way for communities nationwide
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A call for urgent action: First-ever WHO conference on a killer that cuts short millions of lives a year	30.10.2018	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
A call for urgent action: First-ever WHO conference on a killer that cuts short millions of lives a year
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Where Minnesota candidates stand on the issues	29.10.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Politics
Minnesotans are voting in one of the most important elections the state has held in many years. Here is where the candidates stand on the important issues we face as a society.
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The Trade Strategy We Need	24.10.2018	American Prospect
This article appears in the Fall 2018 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here . Hardly a week goes by without another U.S. tariff hike on China, Mexico, Canada, or one of our European allies. Different justifications are given each time: to stop Mexicans from immigrating to the United States, to shrink the trade deficit, to make China and Germany play by the rules, and of course, to “make America great again.” But Trump’s tariff tantrum is doomed to fail because it isn’t driven by a clear idea of what is wrong with the system. His policies will inflict pain on the United States and across the global economy, and crack the foundations of the international system. Worse, they are not part of an underlying economic strategy to restore balanced and equitable growth in the U.S. and world economy. The one real bright spot is that Trump’s actions have revived an overdue debate about reform of the global trading system. Argument has been going on for decades, while trade policy was made by a ...
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'Public charge' rule blamed for 'chilling effect' among immigrants	24.10.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: News
People are reportedly going without benefits that they or their children need for fear of hurting their immigration status.
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Microplastics are turning up everywhere, even in human excrement	23.10.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Science
A very small study shows that microplastics are in human waste in many parts of the world. While it's not entirely clear what that means for our health, it might be a sign that we need to pull back.
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These 3 trends could enable cities across America to reduce air pollution	18.10.2018	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
These 3 trends could enable cities across America to reduce air pollution
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DHS Kicks the Ladder from Under Immigrants Seeking Green Cards	16.10.2018	American Prospect
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a huearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 10, 2018 Capital & Main is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political and social issues. The American Prospect is co-publishing this piece. Immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance or Medicare prescription drug subsidies could be barred from obtaining green cards or visa extensions under a proposed rule the Department of Homeland Security published in the Federal Register on October 10. Currently only those who use cash assistance or who require long-term institutional care at government expense are barred on public charge grounds. Immigrant-rights advocates, health-care providers, and local governments predict devastating results, especially in California and other states with large immigrant populations: Millions of people would go hungry or forego medical treatment for fear they ...
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Minnesota voter guide: Where the U.S. Senate candidates stand on the issues	13.10.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice
Incumbent Sen. Amy Klobuchar is running for re-election against state Rep. Jim Newberger, the Republican-endorsed candidate, Green Party candidate Paula Overby and Dennis Schuller of the Legal Marijuana Now Party. Here's where they stand on the issues.
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A toxic fungal threat is encroaching on global food supply chains	12.10.2018	Design & Innovation \| GreenBiz.com
Shifting climates are encouraging these pests and diseases to flourish.
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Minnesota voter guide: 8th District congressional candidates on the issues	11.10.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Politics
Minnesota's 8th District is one of the most hotly contested congressional races in the country. Here's where the candidates stand on the issues.
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