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Climate change threat to public health worse than polio, White House warns

2016-04-04 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Climate change poses a serious danger to public health worse than polio in some respects and will strike especially hard at pregnant women, children, low-income people and communities of color, an authoritative US government report warned on Monday. The report, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, formally unveiled at the White House, warned of sweeping risks to public health from rising temperatures in the coming decades with increased...

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EPA report: diesel engine grant program has delivered major air, public health benefits

2016-03-26 11:56:16| Green Car Congress

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Diesel Engine Grant Program nets major public health benefits.

2016-03-25 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

According to new report by U.S. EPA, clean diesel grants aimed at cleaning up old diesel engines have greatly improved public health by cutting harmful pollution that causes premature deaths, asthma attacks, and missed school and workdays. Funding from Diesel Emission Reduction Act program has helped clean up approximately 335,200 tons of NOx and 14,700 tons of particulate matter. It has also saved 450 million gallons of fuel and prevented 4.8 million tons of CO2 emissions.

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