“Without journalism, civil societies collapse.” —Andrea Mitchell on press freedom at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in NYC

#JournalismIsNotACrime #IStandWithEvan #WSJFuture

Climate change: How can you make affordable green healthy choices?
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Air pollution damaging at all stages of life, research shows standard.co.uk/news/environme…

‘This shouldn’t be happening’: levels of banned CFCs rising. Researchers have detected increased emissions for five ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’, study finds euronews.com/green/2022/08/…

We are playing fire with this virus…
I understand that the world wants to be done with the #COVID19 pandemic, but such intense circulation will lead to more variants.

Even with current variants, deaths are far too high & totally unacceptable when we have tools to prevent them.

This is scary.
“… fewer than 1,400 researchers — experts in bacteria and antibiotics — remain working around the world. Of those, he estimates most are in their 50s and 60s and due to retire in the next decade.”

politicshome.com/thehouse/artic… This year the Clean Air Act will be 70yrs on #5December2022 . Unlike 1952 today’s pollutants are invisible; PM2.5, PM10, NO2, NOX, SO2. They’re so tiny they enter the blood stream unseen to the naked eye. That’s what happened to Ella Roberta.

Remember this picture every single time you hear someone in your city say 'we're not Amsterdam.' This was #Amsterdam in the 1970's via Cycling Professor 🚲 . The cities we admire made better choices regarding cars, and are still making them today. Better choices instead of excuses.

How greener streets can lead to healthier cities theguardian.com/environment/20…

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(And those who claim it should urgently reflect on their biases)

Putting health at the center of climate action. Happy to see reference to ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ COP26 special report — The Heath Argument for Climate Action - and ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩’s Manifesto for a healthy and green recovery. ⁦Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus nature.com/articles/s4159…

Wow. 😳

I can tell you from our experience in California that you can have the best environmental plans, but if you don’t have the courage to stand up to the special interests when they threaten you, sue you, and spend a fortune against you, you have nothing.

HISTORIC VOTE! 43 YES, 0 NO.
The UN Human Rights Council recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
UN Member States finally joined over 1000 CSOs to declare that indeed: #TheTimeIsNow !
Congratulations to all diplomats, civil servants & NGOs involved

Countries subsidize fossil fuels in 2 ways: undercharge for the product or for other costs such as damage to the planet and people’s health.

Read the new analysis on the real cost of energy subsidies and what countries can do to reform the system: bit.ly/3ATJJ6d

The data is clear: air pollution is killing our children. But data alone will not be enough to spur leaders to take action to clean up our air and protect our children. Please share your stories. They can make all the difference.

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World Health Organization (WHO) #OurChildrensAir

WHO calls for lower limits on air pollution to save millions of lives | New Scientist.”Countries should remember that cleaning up their air will not only save lives, but protect against future respiratory diseases and help meet climate goals” #airpollution newscientist.com/article/229100…

And one more about Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C - BBC News bbc.com/news/science-e…

If you spent last month on planet earth, you're a little part of history: the hottest July every recorded.