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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. average exposure, and PM 2.5 Source: EPI.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Overview of RGGI.

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