COVID-19 Air Quality Report
<p>Coinciding with the 50th anniversary ofEarth Day, this report investigates the impact COVID-19 lockdowns have had on global particulate pollution levels.As lockdowns were implemented in response to
New York
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Flu May Have Spread Within New York City
The swine flu outbreak in New York may have spread beyond one school in Queens
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W.H.O. Issues Higher Alert on Swine Flu, With Advice
While confirmed cases of swine flu increased only slightly on Monday, the World Health Organization voted to raise its global pandemic flu alert level, but at the same time it recommended that borders not be closed nor travel bans imposed. The W.H.O.
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Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate
For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign against the idea that emissions of heat-trapping gases could lead to global warming.
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Study Cites Dire Economic Impact of Poor Schools
The lagging performance of American schoolchildren, particularly among poor and minority students, has had a negative economic impact on the country that exceeds that of the current recession, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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A Plan for U.S. Emissions to Be Buried Under Sea
In an ambitious proposal to counter global warming, an upstart power developer wants to build a coal-fired electric plant on the outskirts of New York City that would capture its emissions of carbon dioxide and pump the pollutant 70 miles offshore. The gas would be injected into sandstone a mile beneath the ocean floor in the hope that it would stay there for eons.
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Global Organic Cotton Sales Up 63 Percent In 2008
Global retail sales of organic cotton apparel and home textile products climbed 63 percent in 2008 to $3.2 billion, a report said on Wednesday. The Organic Cotton Market Report said some of the leading organic cotton retailers in the United States are Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Anvil Knitwear Inc, Nike Inc, Pottery Barn and Greensource.
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A biomarker validation study of prenatal Chlorpyrifos exposure within an inner-city cohort during pregnancy
The researchers previously documented significant decreases in chlorpyrifos concentrations in maternal personal and indoor air samples among pregnant African-American and Dominican women from New York City after the 2000
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Neighborhood food environment and walkability predict obesity in New York City
Differences in the neighborhood food environment may contribute to disparities in obesity. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of neighborhood food environments with body mass index (BMI) and obesity after control for neighborhood walkability.
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Antarctic ice sheet collapse may swamp parts of NY
Washington: North America
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1m go without power as severe ice storm hits US
New York: The northeastern United States was recovering from a major ice storm that left as many as one million people without power and sent Massachussetts scrambling for federal emergency aid, officials said.