Bad air in the detroit area
Detroit is a stark example of what happens when poor people of color live alongside environmental destruction. “Detroit is a microcosm of the national and global crisis on climate change,” says Michelle Martinez, coordinator of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition, which lobbies for a safer environment for the state’s most vulnerable groups.
Read the full article in The Guardian Air pollution and Local HEALTH CONCERNSSouthwest Detroit and Downriver should form an environmental justice coalition
by John Hartig Air pollution respects no boundaries and impacts those who live adjacent to or downwind of the emitting sources. Since the industrial revolution, socially constructed laws and systems created urban environments where the most vulnerable in our society, those of low income and disenfranchised minorities, bear the costs of air pollution in our modern society. Detroit is no exception. Thomasenia Weston lives in a house in Southwest Detroit just a few blocks from I-75. She raised her daughter and is now raising her two grandchildren in this house. All three generations suffer from severe asthma. Read the story in Planet Detroit air pollution kills globallyAir pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. WHO data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. WHO is working with countries to monitor air pollution and improve air.
From smog hanging over cities to smoke inside the home, air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate. The combined effects of ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution cause about seven million premature deaths every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed WHO guideline limits, with low- and middle-income countries suffering from the highest exposures, both indoors and outdoors. World Health Organization |
Carbon in the atmosphere causes global warmingEnvironmentqal Injustice in Detroit
Drew Costley Thu 9 Jan 2020 The blackest city in the US is facing an environmental justice nightmare DetroitDetroit’s most vulnerable residents face inequalities like toxic air, lead poisoning, and water shutoffs. Now they’re fighting back. The Earth is warming. It has warmed 1°C since 1800. We must keep that increase to 1.5°C or less by 2050. We are headed to 2°C by then and 4°C by 2100. We could lose 50% of the Earth's species by then unless something is done to stop it.
We need to take strong measures to stop global warming. These measures can include
The report from the IPCC Here is a summary, provided by CoolEarth.
We need to cut global emissions by about 45% by 2030 compared with 2010 levels. The world is currently on a trajectory of a 3°C to 4°C (5.5°F to 7°F) rise. The IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change) has noted in their study of the effects of climate change/global warming on the earth since 1900 that thre are a number of reasons for concern:
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