Budget Cut for Tar Sands/Oil Sands Monitoring Raises Health Concerns for Nearby First Nations – The Energy Mix: The CP story identified several specific monitoring programs that have been cut completely, including monitoring on the main branch of the Athabasca River downstream from the tar sands/oil sands, field studies on wetlands, fish, and insects, a pilot project to assess the risks posed by tar sands/oil sands tailings ponds, and water quality assessments in Wood Buffalo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

“Now, Cheezie said his members find deformed fish with soft, oily skin in their waters—a direct result of oilsands pollution.”

“We rely on [wildlife] for food, for medicines, for spiritual sustenance,” he said. “Slowly but surely, the oilsands pollution is killing our people.”

Budget Cut for Tar Sands/Oil Sands Monitoring Raises Health Concerns for Nearby First Nations – The Energy Mix: The CP story identified several specific monitoring programs that have been cut completely, including monitoring on the main branch of the Athabasca River downstream from the tar sands/oil sands, field studies on wetlands, fish, and insects, a pilot project to assess the risks posed by tar sands/oil sands tailings ponds, and water quality assessments in Wood Buffalo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. “Now, Cheezie said his members find deformed fish with soft, oily skin in their waters—a direct result of oilsands pollution.”“We rely on [wildlife] for food, for medicines, for spiritual sustenance,” he said. “Slowly but surely, the oilsands pollution is killing our people.”Read More

Toxic chemicals from burning fossil fuels poison dolphins and whales on East Coast: It was reported a couple of years ago that, “The Trump administration is letting oil companies dump toxic fracking chemicals into the Gulf with no regard for the risks or the law,” said Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center. “That’s just unacceptable. The EPA is supposed to protect water quality, not give oil companies free rein to use our oceans as their garbage disposal.”

Dumping toxic chemicals into the oceans doesn’t make it magically disappear.

Toxic chemicals from burning fossil fuels poison dolphins and whales on East Coast: It was reported a couple of years ago that, “The Trump administration is letting oil companies dump toxic fracking chemicals into the Gulf with no regard for the risks or the law,” said Kristen Monsell, a senior attorney at the Center. “That’s just unacceptable. The EPA is supposed to protect water quality, not give oil companies free rein to use our oceans as their garbage disposal.”Dumping toxic chemicals into the oceans doesn’t make it magically disappear.Read More

Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study: The growing but largely unrecognized death toll from rising global temperatures will come close to eclipsing the current number of deaths from all the infectious diseases combined if planet-heating emissions are not constrained, a major new study has found.

Rising temperatures are set to cause particular devastation in poorer, hotter parts of the world that will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions that will kill increasing numbers of people, the research has found.

The economic loss from the climate crisis, as well as the cost of adaptation, will be felt around the world, including in wealthy countries.

Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases – study: The growing but largely unrecognized death toll from rising global temperatures will come close to eclipsing the current number of deaths from all the infectious diseases combined if planet-heating emissions are not constrained, a major new study has found.Rising temperatures are set to cause particular devastation in poorer, hotter parts of the world that will struggle to adapt to unbearable conditions that will kill increasing numbers of people, the research has found.The economic loss from the climate crisis, as well as the cost of adaptation, will be felt around the world, including in wealthy countries.Read More