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Study finds only cutting greenhouse gases won’t help communities of color suffering from toxic air.

Research from UC San Diego finds that certain public policy approaches to controlling greenhouse gas emissions could be increasing the air pollution burden on communities of color.

Some local politicians want a federal state of emergency declared in the Tijuana River Valley following continued environmental impacts. In other news, A strike between one union against Metropolitan Transit System bus contractor Transdev has ended, but now the focus shifts to another strike. Plus, a new UC San Diego study finds fighting climate change will not ease the pollution burden carried by some communities of color.

A new study shows that decreasing greenhouse gases alone isn't enough to save neighborhoods of color from toxic air pollution.

Air pollution is having disproportionate impacts on minority communities, according to a new study from UC San Diego.

A study looking at data from across the state during the 2020 shelter-in-place order highlighted who is getting what kind of pollution in their own backyards.

Environmental News For The Week Ending 05June 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: The number of new cases of Covi...

Needed another reason to tackle climate change? Here's one.

Aerosol reductions that would take place as countries meet climate goals could contribute to global cooling and prevent more than one million annual premature deaths over a decade, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego.

 E-Mail IMAGE: The UC San Diego team wanted to explore the tradeoffs countries would face by taking aerosols into consideration while concurrently making CO2 cuts to implement Paris pledges. Their model provides... view more  Credit: UC San Diego Aerosol reductions that would take place as countries meet climate goals could contribute to global cooling and prevent more than one million annual premature deaths over a decade, according to a new study from the University of California Sa...