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Cities Have 45 Percent of Global Population
Megacities Continue Growing The world is becoming increasingly urban, with cities now home to 45 percent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to the World Urbanization Prospects 2025:...
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PFAS, Neurotoxins Threaten Homeland Security
EPA, Others Misrepresented Health Risks Of Sewage Sludge The terrorist attacks of 911 reminded Americans of the importance of defending U.S. soil from all threats–foreign and domestic. Since then,...
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Global Demand For Electricity Soaring
More Power Needed For Data Centers, Electric Vehicles and Emerging Economies Electricity is central to the functioning of modern societies and economies. Unfortunately, power generation is the largest...
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Will 2024 Shatter More Heat Records?
Climates Changing Around The World 2023 was a landmark year for global heat, shattering previous records and highlighting the accelerating pace of global warming and climate change. The trend is...
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Jakarta The Fastest-Sinking City In The World
Indonesia Relocating Nation’s Capital To Kalimantan Indonesia is relocating its capital to a new location in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. Jakarta is facing several challenges, but rising...
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Cities Expanding Urban Forests To Fight Global Warming
Trees Can Defend Cities From Extreme Weather Cities are home to about 50 percent of the world’s population, but cities generate 80 percent of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, not to mention other forms...
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Heat Records Falling At A Record Pace
Global Warming Fueling Global Catastrophes July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. It will likely become the new normal and one that will not retreat for centuries—if ever. According to...
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Food, Water, Health Also Threatened By John Podesta, Founder and Director, The Center For American Progress In 2018, the World Bank estimated that three regions (Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and...
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California Bracing For Historic Flooding
Drought, Wildfires Fueling Flood Risks California has been adjusting to the new normal of drought across the American West for years. It’s also bracing for the most dangerous flood threat in modern...
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Climate Change Threatens Lake Michigan’s Shoreline Communities
Industrial Facilities, Contaminated Sites Face Flooding According to a new report, more than 200 shoreline communities around Lake Michigan are at risk from high lake levels and strong storms that...
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Most People Have Harmful PFAS In Blood
San Diego Suing Chemical Companies To Safeguard Water Supplies Thanks to a massive chemistry experiment that has gone horribly wrong, most people in the United States, and likely the world, have a...
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Polluted Rivers Dumping Garbage Into Oceans
Mr. Trash Wheel Cleaning Up Rivers Rivers dump approximately eight million metric tons of plastic into the world’s oceans each year. It’s killing entire ecosystems, including many endangered species....
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Climate Change Threatens Hazardous Chemical Facilities
Wastewater Treatment Plants A Severe Risk To Public Health Nearly one third of the hazardous chemical facilities in the United States are at risk from climate-driven floods, storms and wildfires,...
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Italy Adds Environmental Protections To Constitution
Economic Activities Must Not Damage Public Health, Environment Italy is known for its natural beauty and history, but environmentalists say it doesn’t do enough to protect natural wonders, such as the...
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Electric Vehicles Gaining Momentum
Solar Power Reduces Carbon Footprint It’s estimated that there are more than 1 billion cars on the world’s roads. Of these, around 3 million are pure battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric...
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Carbon Calculators Empower Greener Cities
Simulators Help Urban Planners Prioritize Climate Action The cost of inaction and procrastination has made our fight against climate change an uphill battle. To keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius,...
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COP26 Calls For Forest Conservation
Leaders Must Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuels After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, world leaders still fell short of a meaningful plan to save the world from global warming and...
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reach Record Level
Cities Must Become Carbon Sinks Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record last year. The planet hasn’t had this much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in more than 3 million years. The...
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China’s Demand For Electricity Soaring
Government Enforcing Energy Conservation Targets China consumes more energy than any other nation in the world. As the world’s top producer of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases, China must be...
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How To Make Your City More Resilient
Rapid Assessment Uncovers Opportunities, Threats Cities around the world are feeling the pressures of climate change. Fires, droughts, floods and other factors are forcing evacuations of some towns,...
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