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06 February 2020
Taylor C. Noakes: Pittsburgh should adapt, not overhaul its transit system
The city should exhaust all of its low-tech solutions before taking a risk on gondolas or a hyperloop.
Simultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate change’s impacts likely generates an additive or synergistic effect that increases reproductive harm.
The Narwhal's analysis found $500 million in expenses directly attributable to last year’s wildfires in Manitoba — from evacuation flights to lost homes to closed business to burned power poles. The true costs are even larger.
A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.
One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.
“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”
"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”
A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations
“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”
“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.