Health
Earth Just Had Its Hottest September, Experts say 2020 Could Break all Records
This year’s September was the hottest ever according to new data, suggesting 2020 could become the warmest year since records began. The global ...
ASSP Releases New Risk Assessment Technical Report
Risk and uncertainty in the workplace are dynamic and continuously evolve as conditions and technologies change. Occupational safety and health profes...
Ozone Hole Over Antarctica is ‘largest’ and ‘Deepest’ It’s Been in Years, Researchers say
The ozone hole over Antarctica has grown to its “maximum size” just one year after researchers reported that it was at its smallest sinc...
OSHA Awards over $11.2 Million in Harwood Grants
OSHA has awarded more than $11.2 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 90 nonprofit organizations, as part of the Susan Ha...
Climate Crisis Could Turn 40% of Amazon Rainforest Into Savanna
As much as 40 per cent of the Amazon rainforest could be transformed into drier savanna-like landscape if rainfall levels continue to drop as a r...
How Europe’s Wood Pellet Appetite Worsens Environmental Racism in the Us South
In 2013, when Enviva Biomass opened a new plant near Belinda Joyner’s community in Northampton County, North Carolina, she already knew what t...
California Milestone: 4 Million Acres Burned in Wildfires
California is poised to hit a fearsome milestone: 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) burned this year by wildfires that have killed 30 people and ...
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the Climate Cloud
US tech giants have faced criticism for continuing to work with fossil fuel giants such as Chevron and ExxonMobil, despite their own ambitious climate...
England Bans Plastic Straws After Pandemic-Linked Delay
A ban on plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds has taken effect in England after a six-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic A ban o...
Safety Lessons from the Beirut Blast
Last month, 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut, killing around 180 people, bringing down the Lebanese government, and sending officials...
NSC Urges House to Consider Safety Implications of Cannabis Bill
The National Safety Council (NSC), the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), and 20 other safety organizations urged H...
Two-Fifths of Plants at Risk of Extinction, says Report
Scientists say they are racing against time to name and describe new plants, before species go extinct. Plants and fungi hold promise as future medici...