Tag: air pollution

"Wildfire smoke has the potential to significantly impact air quality, as we've seen over the past few summers."

"Pruitt and Wheeler are creating a loophole for super polluting freight trucks that will fill our children's lungs with toxic diesel pollution, ignoring public comments from moms and leading businesses across the country."

"Evidence shows that current levels are still not sufficiently safe and need to be tightened.”

“NCR air pollution is at public health emergency levels and requires drastic action.”

Term low birth weight, defined in the study as a weight less than 5 pounds 8 ounces, can have lifelong implications for health, with increased risk for diabetes, heart disease and hypertension in later life.

“Air pollution continues to rise at an alarming rate, and affects economies and people’s quality of life; it is a public health emergency.”

Fracking has led to a large increase of hydrocarbon emissions in rural areas, reversing some regional air trends.

A "pollution-free planet" is achievable but the world must take immediate action to meet that goal.

"This peer-reviewed study from Harvard is just the latest piece of evidence indicating that the largest oil company in the world knew about the risks of climate change, but concealed them from the public and shareholders."

The rule will go into effect as planned on October 1, rather than being delayed by a year.