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Nearly 2 million children worldwide develop asthma as a result of breathing in traffic-related pollution

January 9, 2022 By sdcnews

By Newswise Nearly 2 million new cases of pediatric asthma every year may be caused by a traffic-related air pollutant, a problem particularly important in big cities around the world, according to a new study published today. The study is the first to estimate the burden of pediatric asthma cases caused by this pollutant in […]

Filed Under: Environment, Pollution Tagged With: Clean Air, Environment

Air pollution from wildfires, rising heat affected 68% of U.S. West in one day

January 8, 2022 By sdcnews

By Newswise Large wildfires and severe heat events are happening more often at the same time, worsening air pollution across the western United States, a study led by Washington State University researchers has found. In 2020, more than 68% of the western U.S. – representing about 43 million people – were affected in one day […]

Filed Under: Environment, Pollution Tagged With: Air pollution, Environment

San Diego City Council adopts comprehensive Climate Resiliency plan

December 15, 2021 By sdcnews

San Diego, CA–The San Diego City Council Tuesday adopted the city’s first-ever climate adaptation and resiliency plan designed to address the effects of climate change in the region.  The plan, titled Climate Resilient SD, provides strategies to prepare, respond and recover from potential climate change hazards, as well as how the proposed investments can improve […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Environment Tagged With: Climate change, Environment

Pure Water Oceanside hosts Denmark Minister of Environment

December 7, 2021 By sdcnews

Oceanside, CA–The City of Oceanside welcomed Minister for the Environment of Denmark Lea Wermelin and her accompanying water technology experts on Nov. 30 to witness and celebrate the signing of the California-Denmark agreement for water sector collaboration on Water Technology Day 2021. The memorandum of understanding is between the Danish Water Technology Alliance and the […]

Filed Under: Environment, Water Tagged With: Environment, Water

California moves to prevent new oil drilling near communities

October 26, 2021 By sdcnews

Los Angeles, CA–Moving to protect communities as the state works to phase out fossil fuels, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) has released a proposed regulation that would prohibit new wells and facilities within a 3,200-foot exclusion area – or setback – from homes, schools, hospitals, nursing […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Environment Tagged With: Climate change, Environment

Oceanside wins WateReuse Award of Excellence

September 22, 2021 By sdcnews

Oceanside, CA–The City of Oceanside received an Award of Excellence during the WateReuse conference in September 2021. Oceanside received the Recycled Water Outreach/Education Program Award for Pure Water Oceanside, which pays tribute to an agency that demonstrates a significant and wide-reaching community outreach and/or public education program that informs the community about the presence and […]

Filed Under: Environment, Water Tagged With: Environment, Water

Fires close in on iconic sequoia believed to be largest tree in world

September 19, 2021 By sdcnews

By AccuWeather Global Weather Center Sequoia National Park is shut down, its gigantic trees, some of the largest and oldest on Earth, threatened by two forest fires burning in California’s Sierra Nevada.  Resident employees have been evacuated along with a portion of the community of Three Rivers outside of the park’s entrance. The popular park’s […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: Environment, Lands

Reconnecting the people, plants and animals of the Kendall-Frost Marsh

August 19, 2021 By sdcnews

By Newswise The University of California San Diego’s Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve has received an $85,000 grant from Honda to create integrated research and public engagement program centered on bringing Native American perspectives and cutting-edge science into the management and access decisions needed to ensure the marsh’s survival as a community asset.  The significance […]

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: Conservation, Environment

Oceanside awarded $1.7 million for Pure Water Oceanside

August 7, 2021 By sdcnews

Oceanside, CA–The Secretary of the Interior will be recommending a $1.7 million grant award for the construction of the Pure Water Oceanside project.  The funding will be awarded through the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART: Title XVI WIIN Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects funding opportunity. Oceanside is one of eleven applicants being named in the Federal appropriations process for […]

Filed Under: Environment, Water Tagged With: Environment, Water

Arctic seabirds are less heat tolerant, more vulnerable to climate change

July 7, 2021 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–The Arctic is warming at approximately twice the global rate. A new study led by researchers from McGill University finds that cold-adapted Arctic species, like the thick-billed murre, are especially vulnerable to heat stress caused by climate change. “We discovered that murres have the lowest cooling efficiency ever reported in birds, which means they have […]

Filed Under: Climate change, Environment Tagged With: Climate change, Environment

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