environmental risk reduction News
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Partnership of NorthEast Government, private and non-profit organizations honors groups for reducing air pollution
The Northeast Diesel Collaborative – a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state agencies, and private and non-profit groups – recently recognized six organizations for their exemplary work to reduce toxic diesel emissions. Honors were given to agencies and organizations from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Maine, and Puerto Rico as ...
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Worcester Mass. non-profit organization awarded $100,000 community action for renewed environment grant
With the help of a $100,000 grant from EPA, The Regional Environmental Council, Inc., of Worcester, Mass. will address local environmental issues, including implementing strategies for reducing exposures to local toxic pollutants. The grant is part of EPA’s Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is an initiative to help community groups identify and address the ...
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Long-term exposure to aircraft emissions causes premature death
As well as contributing to the greenhouse effect, aircraft emissions have an important impact on air quality and human health. This study, which quantified the effect of civil aviation emissions across the globe, suggests they could be responsible for 16 000 premature deaths every year, at an annual cost of over €18 billion. The air quality costs of aviation were similar to its climate ...
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India, China need cleaner air just to keep death rate steady
ever mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a report published Tuesday. The findings - gleaned from a new global model for how changes in outdoor air pollution could translate into changes in disease rates - highlight a demographic quirk of Asia's two fastest-growing ...
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