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- Did Removing Lead From Gasoline Cause Violent Crime to Plummet? Sat, 19 Jan 13, 4:18amResearch in recent years has uncovered a strong connection between reductions in lead pollution and the decline in violent crime in the U.S. Writing in Mother Jones this month, Kevin Drum discusses the research of Rick Nevin,...
- New Study: Feds Underestimate Social Cost of Carbon Pollution by as Much as 12 Times Thu, 20 Sep 12, 5:20amIndustrial Emissions photo from Shutterstock A new study just published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences calculates that the U.S. government is using a faulty model for estimating the damages of carbon...
- Since 1980 Extreme Weather Events Have Killed Over 25k Americans, And Cost Us More Than $700 Billion Dollars Tue, 2 Nov 10, 3:54amPeople talk a lot about how much it will cost to prevent global warming, what they don’t realize is that there is a big cost to doing nothing as well...
- Desert Dust Does Damage Tue, 30 Jun 09, 1:23pmIt would seem that desertification caused by water shortage, or poor land usage hurts more than the immediate area around the environmental degradation...