EU Parliament Votes For Cleaner Air, But WHO Alignment is Delayed
Reaction to MEPs’ vote on the Ambient Air Quality Directive by T&E, European Environmental Bureau, AirClim, the European Respiratory Society, and ClientEarth.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Air Pollution & Its Threat To Health Are Unequally Spread Throughout The World
Particulate air pollution remains the world’s greatest external risk to human health, but most of its impact on global life expectancy is concentrated in just six countries. At the same time, the countries that are currently most impacted by air pollution lack the fundamental tools that have facilitated previous improvements in air quality.
Access to a Healthy Environment Declared a Human Right by UN Rights Council
The Human Rights Council recognised this Friday, for the first time, that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.
Car Industry & WHO Driving in Opposite Directions
The WHO calls for stricter air pollution limits as car industry steps up lobbying efforts to oppose stricter standards
Trump’s Ignorance of Science & Flippant Suggestions are Endangering People’s Lives
The Trump administration’s claim that two anti-malarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, should be regarded as treatment options for COVID-19 may be one of its most dangerous forms of misinformation yet.
Coronavirus Data Is Being Concealed By The Trump Administration
We learned that the White House has held dozens of meetings on coronavirus that were considered “classified,” meaning that federal health officials, including experts, were unable to enter the room. Without experts in the room, how can we expect our government to follow the best available science on this rapidly developing issue and enact science-based policies that protect our health and safety during this pandemic?
How To Opt Out Of Animal Agriculture & Live Plant Based
With the climate generally growing warmer, and with animal agriculture contributing more than its fair share of greenhouse gases and other pollutants to the environment, more and more environmentalists and people, in general, are going plant-based. This article is a part of a series of articles on the environmental impact of the animal agriculture (ag) industry.
Air Pollution = More Bone Loss & Bone Fracture Risk, Two Independent Studies Find
As one breathes in the pure air, the lungs and the immune system refresh, invigorate, and oxygenate our blood. As we breathe in dirty particulates, toxins, and fumes, the organs of our body have too much to deal with and are overwhelmed. The dense gray matter does not merely go away inside. What happens to it? Conditions such as premature death and cancer may occur. The human body’s major organs all work together in a healthy constitution. Once the lungs are polluted, the overload of toxicity can profoundly affect every organ of the body. The impact of air pollution on bone loss, bone fracture, and osteoporosis is another concern to understand (and respond to with clean air initiatives).
Global Transport Sector Not On Track To Achieve “Sustainable Mobility” Goals, Report Says
In a reminder of why CleanTechnica is in business and why we do what we do, the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 has revealed that the global transport sector is not on track to achieve the goal of quickly transitioning to a “sustainable mobility” sector.
This Stealth Terrorist Killed ~53,000 Americans Last Year
Humans are a funny type of people. We don’t do long-term planning all that well, and that includes planning for a year out, for 5 years out, and for our eventual time of death.
