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Marc Lefkowitz | 11/22/17 @ 9:00am | Posted in Clean energy, Climate, Clean air, Transportation
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2017 report looks behind the numbers on planetary carbon footprint, with a special focus on how the burning of fossil fuels affects human health.
Marc Lefkowitz | 09/29/15 @ 2:45pm | Posted in Clean energy, Clean air, Clean water
In Ohio, the news lately is filled with stories that pit industry against the environment. But the storylines, and the accounting of costs, are often more complicated. Take, for example, the New York Times story last Friday on “The Connection Between Cleaner Air and Longer Lives." Economics professor and head of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, Michael...
Marc Lefkowitz | 04/24/14 @ 9:45am | Posted in Clean air, Home landscaping, Plants & animals
Cleveland will plant 1,000 trees in five neighborhoods starting in Central this spring and continuing in Glenville this fall, says the city’s new arborist, Jennifer Braman.
Marc Lefkowitz | 12/12/13 @ 1:15pm | Posted in Clean air, Clean water
The plan for the Opportunity Corridor categorically underestimates its environmental impact, the Environmental Protection Agency informed Ohio’s Department of Transportation (ODOT).
Marc Lefkowitz | 11/04/13 @ 1:00pm | Posted in Clean energy, Climate, Clean air
1,000 barrels of oil were burned in the time you clicked on this page. We consume 300 billion barrels of oil per year. To put that figure in perspective, BP spilled 5,000 barrels of oil per day in the Gulf of Mexico and the slick was the size of Delaware and Rhode Island.
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