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What is environmental health? - EHN
Jul 21, 2022 · Environmental health impacts every one of us. We reap the benefits of clean air, clean water, and healthy soil. If our environment is unhealthy, with toxic chemicals saturating our resources and pollution abundant, then our health also suffers. It is also an important field of study because it looks at the “unseen” influences on your health.
Experts argue local habitat projects offer better biodiversity ...
1 day ago · Experts argue local habitat projects offer better biodiversity solutions than global offsets. At the UN’s Cop16 conference, experts argued that global biodiversity offsetting programs lack effectiveness, advocating instead for local, like-for-like habitat restoration efforts to truly benefit ecosystems. Phoebe Weston reports for The Guardian.
What’s hampering federal environmental justice efforts in the …
2 days ago · The seven proposed, federally funded networks of hydrogen hub infrastructure announced a year ago are an initiative born from the Biden administration’s 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Credit: OCED. In 2023, the Biden administration passed historic federal policies directing 80 agencies to prioritize environmental justice in decision-making.
Coronavirus, climate change, and the environment - EHN
EHN Editors. Mar 20, 2020. 7 min read. PrintPDFEmail. We all have questions about the novel coronavirus sweeping through our neighborhoods – and across the globe. Dr. Aaron Bernstein is the interim director of Harvard University's Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules
2 days ago · Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules. A massive push for hydrogen energy is one of the first test cases of new federal environmental justice initiatives. Communities and advocates so far give the feds a failing …
EHN - Climate
Report: Extreme weather’s global economic toll hits $2 trillion over the last decade. 1 min read. Consequential reporting about climate change, written and selected by journalists and scientists at Environmental Health News and the Daily Climate.
EHN - New Science
The latest in environmental health research, written and selected by journalists and scientists at Environmental Health News. New Science. top science.
One year after our “Fractured” investigation on fracking: What’s ...
Mar 31, 2022 · Despite our investigation providing shocking evidence that children who live near fracking operations are being exposed to harmful chemicals, little has changed in the last year. While some inroads have been made at the federal level to address health concerns related to fracking, legislative attempts at the state level have repeatedly failed.
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