Brian Bienkowski
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Sault Ste. Marie, MI, United States
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EU’s New Climate Change Plan Will Cause Biodiversity Loss and Deforestation
In a plan full of sustainable efforts, one loophole encourages deforestation and habitat destruction. → Read More
EU’s new climate change plan will cause biodiversity loss and deforestation: Analysis
In a plan full of sustainable efforts, the incentivizing of biomass burning has climate experts concerned. → Read More
Dirty air and lost pregnancies in South Asia
Particulate matter pollution in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh could be behind hundreds of thousands of stillbirths and miscarriages annually, according to a new study. → Read More
Hormone-mimicking chemicals harm fish now—and their unexposed offspring later
Fish exposed to endocrine-disrupting compounds pass on health problems to future generations, including deformities, reduced survival, and reproductive problems, according to a new study. → Read More
Solar power on the rise at US schools
Since 2014, the number of K-12 schools in the U.S. using solar power increased by roughly 81 percent—and now more than 5.3 million kids and teens go to a school using solar energy, according to a new report. → Read More
Toxic pesticides and flame-retardants found in monkey, baboon, and chimpanzee poop
Baboons in the U.S., howler monkeys in Costa Rica, and baboons, chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, and red colobus in Uganda are all getting exposed to dangerous pesticides and flame-retardant chemicals, according to new research. → Read More
Hot roads and roofs send harmful pollution into the air
Asphalt—a petroleum product used on roads and roofs—is a significant source of harmful chemicals that end up contributing to ozone and particulate matter pollution. → Read More
A Northeast US climate initiative has had a major side benefit—healthier children
Researchers estimate a climate effort in the Northeast U.S. helped the region reduce toxic air pollution and avoid hundreds of asthma and autism cases, preterm births, and low birth weights. → Read More
Diversity and community focus: The future of science communication
How EHN's Agents of Change series highlighted the inequities—and opportunities—in environmental health. → Read More
Editorial: Bicycling is having a moment—let’s use it to make riding more safe and inclusive
As we celebrate a World Bicycle Day like no other—let's keep the momentum and attention the coronavirus pandemic has brought to bicycling. → Read More
Climate change: For big emissions reductions, we need to think small
Small-scale clean energy and low carbon technologies—such as solar panels, smart appliances and electric bicycles—are more likely to push society toward meeting climate goals than large-scale technologies → Read More
The planet’s largest ecosystems could collapse faster than we thought
Massive, vital ecosystems that have existed for thousands of years could breakdown in just a few decades, according to a new study → Read More
“Climate chaos” and bumble bee extinctions
Bumble bee populations are declining at a rate "consistent with a mass extinction" and warming temperatures in Europe and North America are at least partly to blame, according to a study published today in Science. → Read More
Renewables could be a health boon for Great Lakes, Upper Midwest regions
Installing more wind turbines in the Upper Midwest, and more solar panels in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions, would bring the largest health gains and benefits from U.S. renewable energy, according to a new Harvard University analysis. → Read More
Is air pollution worsening kids’ mental health?
Children exposed to high amounts of air pollution were more likely to end up in the emergency room for a mental health problem a couple days later than children with lower exposure, according to a new study. → Read More
Common Insecticide Threatens Survival of Migrating Birds
Neonicotinoids could be partially responsible for the dramatic decline of migrant and farmland bird species worldwide. → Read More
Global renewable energy has quadrupled over past decade
With solar leading the way, clean energy capacity growth is helping the planet avoid billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. → Read More
Global Renewable Energy Has Quadrupled Over the Past Decade
Despite growth in clean energy, we can't afford to be complacent: Fossil fuel emissions have also risen. → Read More
Surprise! Unexpected ocean heat waves are becoming the norm
Ocean heat waves, which can push out fish, plankton and other aquatic life, are happening far more frequently than previously thought, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. → Read More
From making it to managing it, plastic is a major contributor to climate change
New report finds plastic production and use could have the equivalent impact of nearly 300 new coal power plants on Earth's climate over the next decade. → Read More