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Traffic accidents are killing bicyclists in ever-increasing numbers, but some big cities are working to improve matters. Here are some of the best U.S. cities for biking in 2024. The best U.S. cities for biking in 2024 https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/best-cities-to-bike-2024-peopleforbikes-minneapolis-seattle-san-francisco/719868/ Related Reading
This new interactive map/report from PIRG serves as a wake-up call, highlighting the pressing need for change in how we produce, use, and dispose of plastic. It’s crucial to understand that the growth in plastic output is directly connected to the expansion of fossil fuel extraction and processing activities. And as we know, the environmental…
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Emerging research is turning up solid evidence that nature may be as important to good mental and physical health as diet, exercise and sleep. Even looking at trees from a hospital window has been shown to help. The Fourth Pillar of Health: Nature Time https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2024/07/03/diet-exercise-nature-prescription Related Reading
Upside Foods, which produces “delicious meat” grown in labs, was planning to sell its products in Miami starting in December, but then Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a ban on the meats, telling Upside to “take your fake lab-grown meat elsewhere.” Now it’s up to the courts to decide. Upside Foods files lawsuit against Florida…
Recycling plastic is not working. It helps a little, but not nearly enough. Plastic permeates the oceans, the clouds, our food, or water, our bodies – everything. So a strong new movement is developing that seeks either to ban plastic production outright or regulate it out of existence. The Movement to Ban Plastic Production https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2024/07/22/texas-plastic-production-pollution…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that 44,000 species of plants are threatened with extinction right now, and a direct driver of this crisis is biocides, the same chemicals you spray on your lawn to poison such nuisances as dandelions and clover. But recent studies show that in poisoning dandelions, you probably are poisoning yourself…
As coal-powered power plants shut down at an ever-increasing speed across the nation, the problem arises of what to do with the lands they occupied. Michigan might have the ideal answer: Turn them into greenways, parks, wildlife habitats and clean energy sites. Power Plants to Parklands Is Turning Michigan’s Retired Coal Plants Into Community Hubs…
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Microplastics, which are defined as plastic particles five millimeters thick, or about the width of a paperclip, have been found in people’s livers, lungs, arteries, carotid arteries, breast milk, placentas – and now in men’s testicles. It is not known how they get there, and more study is needed to determine how dangerous it is,…
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Civil lawsuits against big oil companies have been ramping up all over the world recently because of their polluting ways, but new surveys show that a rapidly growing number of likely voters want criminal charges brought against them as well. If the companies know their pollution is killing people, and they don’t do anything about…
President Biden has made impressive progress on environmental issues, implementing over 300 actions since taking office. These initiatives cover a wide range of areas, including promoting affordable clean energy, creating jobs, holding polluters accountable, reducing pollution, enhancing safety and security, and conserving natural resources. Key achievements include accelerating investment in safe drinking water, strengthening energy…
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