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#7 #national park

#11 #reproductive rights

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#17 #extreme weather

theguardian.com | 15 hrs. 21 min. ago

Hide and chic: are clothes and apparel made from alternative leathers better for the environment?

#Australia #carbon footprint #chemical pollution #deforestation #emissions #fossil fuel #fuel #habitat #Li #Methan #methane #study #sustainability #sustainable #sustainable fashion #sustainable living #vegan

Vegan leathers are complicated by questions of commercial viability and sustainability. How do they compare to traditional leather? Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comIn sustainable fashion, breathless promises about vegan leather have arrived thick and fast for over a decade. Innovations promise mushroom and cactus alternatives that look and feel like real leather – minus the negative associations with methane, deforestation, chemical pollution and animal welfare.While these next-gen materials have absorbed billions of dollars in capital under an environmental banner, experts are concerned they remain a shiny distraction while the fashion industry’s emissions and reliance on fossil fuel-derived materials grows. Continue reading...

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nypost.com | 19 hrs. 19 min. ago

Doing 3 minutes of a key exercise beats 90 minutes of cardio: study

These short bursts of activity can flood the blood with helpful proteins linked to heart health and protect against obesity and diabetes.

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abcnews.com | 22 hrs. 48 min. ago

Residential air pollution linked to higher depression scores among 9/11 responders

#air #air pollution #study

9/11 first responders' exposure to air pollution and extreme heat in the neighborhoods they live in compounded poor health outcomes, a new study finds.

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cbc.ca | 23 hrs. 8 min. ago

Wildfires, permafrost melt in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows

#Canada #climate #climate change #climate feedback #emissions #feedback loops #greenhouse gas #greenhouse gas emissions #Permafrost #study #wildfire #wildfires

These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimates for this century.

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thehindu.com | 1 days ago

70% of yearly change in winter pollution in north India explained by western disturbances: Study

#air #air pollution #India #study

Winters with more frequent western disturbances tend to experience lower air pollution levels

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theguardian.com | 1 days ago

Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds

#heat stress #study #Wal

At least 760,000 children in England and Wales missed lessons as more than 1,700 schools closed or finished earlyThe gruelling heatwave that hit the UK in June caused pupils to miss more than 15m hours of lesson time as soaring temperatures forced hundreds of schools to close, according to a study.The research found that at least 760,000 schoolchildren in England and Wales missed lessons owing to closures during the heatwave – one of five to batter the UK this summer – as temperatures inside some classrooms topped 40C, leaving pupils and staff suffering from heat stress, nausea and headaches. Continue reading...

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scmp.com | 1 days ago

Chinese scientists boost hydrogen fuel cell power fourfold with new design

#clean energy #electricity #energy #fuel #fuel cell #fuel cells #hydrogen fuel #hydrogen fuel cell #study

Chinese scientists have developed a way to generate a fourfold increase in power output of hydrogen fuel cells, an advance that could broaden their use from road vehicles to space missions. Hydrogen is widely viewed as a promising clean energy source for a low-carbon future. Fuel cells convert the chemical energy in hydrogen directly into electricity, producing water as their only exhaust. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Science on Thursday, researchers at the Beijing Institute...

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thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Pollution from winter waste burning in cities three times higher than summer, study finds

#disposal #India #study #wind #World Resources Institute

Winter brings weaker winds, more stable atmospheric conditions and, in many places, temperature inversions that restrict the dispersion of pollutants; the World Resources Institute India study also attributes increased waste burning partly to its use for warmth, alongside seasonal waste disposal practices

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