- The Lancet and Union of Concerned Scientists report how climate change is harming children.
- This search engine is not only safe, it also supports ocean cleansing and emissions reduction.
- Because all media must follow the guardianGuide and release advertising on fossil fuels.
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The prestigious medical journal il Hand launched a 2020 campaign on the health of children and adolescents, saying: “It is time to put children at the center of our vision for sustainable humanity”. His study, “A Future for the Children of the World? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission,” says:
Climate change, ecological degradation, migrant populations, conflicts, pervasive inequalities and predatory commercial practices threaten the health and future of children in every country.
Governments must exploit coalitions in all sectors to overcome ecological and commercial pressures to ensure that children now receive their rights and rights and a livable planet for years to come.
Dr. Richard Horton, chief editor of Hand, He says:
I think the ecological emergency we are facing across the planet is the most important threat to the long-term health of today’s children.
We have to give [children] a voice.
You can see his full explanation below on why the world needs to redirect its attention to children’s well-being:
Meanwhile, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is also promoting children’s health. In a blog by Derrick Z. Jackson, a UCS colleague on climate and energy and the Center for Science and Democracy called “Let the children breathe the particulate matter: how the Trump administration’s polluting policies are harming children” .
Jackson gets to the exact point:
Let the children choke. This is the vicious message of President Trump in his proposed budget cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2021.
As the Union of Concerned Scientists … published its new report, “Endangering Generations: How the Trump Administration’s Assault on Science is Harming Children’s Health,” the White House announced its desire to reduce EPA funding from $ 9 billion to $ 6.7 billion and reduce staff to 12,600. In 2012 there were 17,000 full-time employees.
Air pollution is one of the worst threats to children’s health. Fine particulate matter is responsible for over 100,000 deaths a year in the United States and a social cost of approximately $ 900 billion. In 2018, the White House dissolved the scientific advisory committee for particulate matter, but the UCS “helped to regain members of the loose group, which published a report in October that found that current standards” are not protective for public health “”.
Read Jackson’s post for personal accounts of how pollution is affecting children in a southeast Chicago neighborhood. They are dealing with high levels of manganese and lead due to the nearby industry.
The photo above is by Grayling Stefek, 5, in Flint, Michigan, in January 2016. She was testing lead after it was found in the city’s drinking water.
Everyone has a favorite Internet browser or we just go back to one out of habit. But how about moving to a browser that is not only safe and private, but also for the benefit of our oceans?
Ekoru.org provides 60% of its revenue to both the Big Blue Ocean Cleanup, which removes plastic waste from our oceans, and to Operation Posidonia, led by the University of New South Wales in Australia, which combats climate change replanting oceanic marine grass.
Ocean grassland captures carbon pollution at speeds up to 40 times faster than tropical rain forests.
Ekoru was created by a husband and wife team with experience in software development and marketing: here you can find out more about Ati and Alison.
Search for funny cat videos and help our oceans: what don’t you like about that combo? Every little step makes a difference. (And if you can’t break Chrome’s habit, Ecosia, which uses profits to plant pollution-fighting trees, can be added as an extension to Chrome.)
The Guardian, London
January 29 Electrek reported that the guardian it became the first major store to ban the advertising of fossil fuels. So what default means is that other news channels they do not have has stopped running ads on fossil fuels – and Amy Westervelt al Nation he stressed that “some media companies are creating, not just publishing, misleading advertisements.”
It is worth reading the full Westervelt article, which you can access by clicking on this link. But here’s an excerpt to take a look at you in a practice that has to stop: the New York Times, Vox, NPR and the Washington Post, we are watching you – and why. The To send explained the complicity of fossil fuels that changes the climate in a statement to Nation with the argument “separation between church and state” (which is editorial and advertising for non-media), but it is not an excuse. The Nation He asks:
The CPB, NPR, the New York Times, and the Washington Post everyone claims that there is a firewall between their advertising and their editorial departments; their journalists are not influenced by the subscribers; and their sponsors have no input on news coverage. But what about the influence that such advertising has on readers and listeners, especially when advertisements are presented in news and science programs without warning about the claims they make?
Climate change is the story that defines our time. The public needs to know that the news reports that tell that story are not inspired by the same corporations that caused the problem and continue to lie about it today.
Why is water conservation important? Because it helps preserve the environment. One, save energy, because it takes energy to pump it into the house. Also, there is a finite amount of fresh water on Earth. Completing several stages of the water cycle can take a long time. And bonus: it will reduce the cost of the water bill.
So, here is a small quick solution to conserve water in your home that we can all do, and that is the most conscious shower. Or, to put it bluntly, take a quicker shower. Showers are greener than bathrooms, but they still use a lot of water.
Like? Get a battery-powered waterproof shower clock with a timer! A study at Cranfield University in the UK found that people with shower clocks spent 20-30% less time showering. (And if you want to have some fun, take a waterproof shower clock with a radio inside and fasten those melodies, but don’t sing Stairway to heaven, it’s too long.)
Here is a video made for children about water conservation, but it is really instructive for adults too – I learned a lot – so watch:
(The five criteria mentioned above are all important, but next year I hope to see the inclusion of the use of green energy also in the Zippia criteria list. For example, San Diego has the largest number of solar panels per capita , with 10% of houses with solar panels.)
Zippia classified St. Paul as the number 1, where they throw 12 tons of waste per person, and travel is short. (New York City is the most viable in general.) Honolulu is number 2, because people use public transportation and parks are abundant. And the third one is St. Louis, because it also has a low amount of waste per person and short journeys.
To see how your city or metropolitan area went, click here.
Companies such as Delta and Easyjet are spending big money to buy carbon offsets. And if you have to fly often for work – or just fly – you can also offset your personal flight emissions.
App in the Air (AITA) helps flyers to track their travel itineraries. Now AITA has partnered with One Tree Planted, whose slogan is “One dollar. A tree ”and plant trees globally. AITA has added a carbon calculator that takes into account everything from the airplane model to the cabin class, and now connects to One Tree Planted to compensate for the carbon emissions created by the flyers.
Travelers who plant trees can get a green certified in-app badge, track their current balance and compete against their friends in a “green” ranking.
Bayram Annakov, CEO and founder of AITA, says:
Regardless of whether our users choose to compensate their flights, we automatically plant a booking tree in the app. The App in the Air flyers planted over 10,000 trees in the closing months of 2019 alone: I can’t wait to surpass this number in 2020 as we launch the program through our global user base.
Diana Chaplin, director of the canopy of One Tree Planted, says:
Even eco-conscious people need to travel sometimes! It’s nice to know that the App in the Air makes it easy for travelers to plant a tree and have a positive environmental impact on nature, people and biodiversity.
This is a very simple thing to do. We plant those trees as the aviation industry tries to find alternatives to just buying carbon offsets.
The surfers of Rockaway Beach in New York City are objecting to a proposed gas line that would have led smashed gas under the sea bottom from New Jersey to Rockaway. They state:
We are opposing this project because of the negative impacts on our environment and the local economy, Williams Transco’s safety data and continued reliance on fossil fuels.
You can watch the surfers video here:
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