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Children often have no voice in terms of global responses to climate change. [5] People living in low-income countries experience a higher burden of disease and are less capable of coping with climate change-related threats. [7] Nearly every child in the world is at risk from climate change and pollution, while almost half are at extreme risk. [8]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters. [2] President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. [3]
Data source: Climate Change Indicators: Climate Forcing. EPA.gov. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2021). Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. EPA credits data from NOAA's Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (An Introduction). NOAA.gov. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Global Monitoring Laboratory, Earth System ...
The rules aimed to reduce U.S. reliance on fossil fuels for transportation and limit pollution in an attempt to address climate change. The EPA touted the rules as action that would “expand ...
(Reuters) -Republican attorneys general from 27 U.S. states and industry trade groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, seeking to block a landmark rule requiring sweeping ...
Climate change can also be used more broadly to include changes to the climate that have happened throughout Earth's history. [32] Global warming—used as early as 1975 [33] —became the more popular term after NASA climate scientist James Hansen used it in his 1988 testimony in the U.S. Senate. [34] Since the 2000s, climate change has ...
The EPA’s new carbon dioxide rules would require carbon capture or green hydrogen to reduce greenhouse gases at new natural gas plants. EPA wants power plant CO2 emissions cut to slow climate ...
The EPA estimated the Clean Power Plan would have reduced the pollutants that contribute to smog and soot by 25 percent, leading to 140,000 to 150,000 fewer asthma attacks among children and 2,700 to 6,600 fewer premature deaths. Net climate and health benefits were estimated between $25 billion and $45 billion per year beginning in 2030. [22]