Tag: Greenhouse gas
WHO says 99% of the world’s population breathes poor-quality air.
The World Health Organization reports that nearly everyone worldwide is exposed to air that exceeds safe quality limits, with pollutants causing millions of preventable deaths annually by penetrating lungs and bloodstreams.
Fire and Rain: West to get more one-two extreme climate hits.
A new study reveals that the Western United States will experience more frequent extreme climate events, with wildfires increasingly followed by heavy downpours. By 2100, regions like the Pacific Northwest, California, and Colorado could see up to eight-fold increase in fire-flood combinations, driven by human-caused climate change and rising greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse gas emissions rose in Rhode Island.
[Rhode Island saw a 8.2% rise in greenhouse gas emissions from 2017-2018, primarily from transportation and electricity sectors, potentially jeopardizing state's climate reduction targets.]
