All posts tagged air pollution

What Are Five of the Biggest Environmental Problems Facing the World?

What Are Five of the Biggest Environmental Problems Facing the World?

Everyone can do their part to help make society more environmentally sustainable with choices you make about what you drive, how you run your household and what you wear. But some of the biggest environmental problems facing the world will require action at the highest levels of leadership worldwide.

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Which Plants Help Clean the Air?

Which Plants Help Clean the Air?

Any one of these 10 indoor plants that purify the air are easy to find for purchase. And you don’t have to become a master gardener or even have much of a green thumb to tend to them. These plants thrive with just a little tender care

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Limits on Aircraft Emissions May Help Create Clear Skies

Limits on Aircraft Emissions May Help Create Clear Skies

New EPA reports prove that aircraft emissions are dangerous to our air quality and environment in general. Now the EPA is challenged to implement limits that work.

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Climate Change and the Impact on Human Health

Climate Change and the Impact on Human Health

Often, the conversation around climate change and global warming focuses on the planet or energy. Though there are direct impacts on human health that should be considered and debated. To ignore that, is to otherwise slowly kill humanity.

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The Planet Breaks Record for Carbon Dioxide Emissions, On Pace to Do It Again

The Planet Breaks Record for Carbon Dioxide Emissions, On Pace to Do It Again

A sad milestone has been reached and nobody is excited that we have achieved it. The planet recently set a new record in carbon dioxide emissions, pushing us farther down the climate change path.

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Eco-Friendly Job Strategies: How to Make the Transition to Telecommuting

Eco-Friendly Job Strategies: How to Make the Transition to Telecommuting

Telecommuting can easily make a job more “eco-friendly,” while offering a number of benefits for both the worker and employer. Lowering your carbon footprint can be as simple as staying home, removing the commute among other wasteful habits. Learn how you can go green by telecommuting.

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The Hamburger You Had For Lunch Pollutes More Than an 18-Wheeler

The Hamburger You Had For Lunch Pollutes More Than an 18-Wheeler

Your average hamburger produces more air pollution than an 18-wheeler truck, a fact that researchers at University of California, Riverside have uncovered. Hamburgers are iconic when it comes to lunch in America, so find out what can be done to curb the pollution.

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One Small Victory Against the Toxic Practice of Fracking

One Small Victory Against the Toxic Practice of Fracking

The only thing cool about fracking is being able to say the word. The drilling practices of fracking have been linked to toxic wastewater and polluted air, though new rules may help curb that exposure. Find out how one tiny step for mother earth could start the end of an era.

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Fracking May Be Poisoning Our Children’s Air

Fracking May Be Poisoning Our Children’s Air

The fracking industry continues to be under fire for environmental concerns. A new three year study finds that fracking processes are releasing cancer causing toxins right across the street from public schools and our children.

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The Benefits of Green Cleaning Products

The Benefits of Green Cleaning Products

Green cleaning products offer numerous benefits to your health and help reduce environmental pollution. When deciding whether to use green cleaning products ask yourself why would you to want to spend more money in order to use toxic chemicals that pollute the air and water around you.

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