Air Pollution and Your Skin

Ugh, air pollution…It looks appalling, it can make us feel unwell, and over time it does some terrible things to our skin, too.

This deeply-unpleasant-to-contemplate issue has recently come to the forefront, with unprecedentedly noxious air creating a toxic plume so visible and oppressive that it could not be ignored (the increase in awfully-dirty air was due in large part to the abnormally prolific forest fire smoke across parts of the US and Canada that exacerbated already present pollution like car, diesel and industrial exhaust).  

During the worst of it, Seattle’s air toxicity was rated worse than Beijing, the Chinese city notorious for massive industrial pollution. “Simply breathing” in Seattle was determined to be equivalent to smoking seven cigarettes; it was recommended that children not go outside. Portland’s air quality was likewise rated “unhealthy;” many outdoor youth activities were canceled as a precaution. While at first glance it seems astonishing how quickly our air quality turned from “seemingly fine” to “unhealthy to breathe,” the conditions needed for this to occur have been brewing for a long time.

Scientific study has already amply shown us that pollution is terrible for health and skin and people and the planet…let’s do a deeper dive here, to give this sad, frightening and important subject the examination it deserves both for skin care and humanitarian reasons.

What Air Pollution Does to Your Skin:

*Pollution accelerates aging. It bombards our skin with free radicals, which accelerates skin damage (which shows up as lines, wrinkling, hyperpigmentation and loss of elasticity);

*Pollution has been implicated in exacerbating and even causing breakouts, as air-born chemicals and toxins can clog your pores, causing breakouts to flare up;

*Certain particles in pollution can cause tissue hypoxia (deficiency in oxygen supply to the tissues) resulting in dehydration, dullness and an unhealthy pallor;

*Pollution has long been associated with certain types of eczema (definition: an often chronic skin disorder that can include dry, inflamed, flaky, itchy and sometimes weeping skin irritations); 

*Certain particles in pollution can lead to impairment of the hydrolipidic film (your skin’s natural, protective barrier), resulting in irritation and sensitivity;

*Certain particles in pollution can cause inflammation, increasing irritation and reactivity in your skin;

*Air pollution can exacerbate allergies.

As with almost every terrible-and-challenging thing in life, we are not helpless (although sometimes it can feel that way). There are at least two things we can do—right now—to help decrease the harm pollution can do.

The First Thing We Can Do:

Since this is a skin care blog, I’ll address this topic first: the most immediate defense we have is how we care for our skin, given these circumstances. The following four skin care steps are indispensable:

*Cleanse thoroughly every night before bed. Getting the particulates that are in pollution off your skin every single night is essential. Use a deeply cleansing but hydrating (non-drying) cleanser. Cleanse twice or use a make-up remover first if you are wearing make-up.

*Hydrate! Well-hydrated skin is our first line of defense against irritation, inflammation, sensitivity and premature aging. Hydration can come in the form of a good hydrating mist and/or a hydrating serum, and is usually followed by a good moisturizer. 

*Fortify your skin with antioxidants. Antioxidants help to neutralize the skin damage that the free radicals in pollution cause. Whenever you can, opt for hydrating mist, serum, moisturizer and sun protection products that are chock-full of antioxidants. Layer in as many as you can.

*Protect! Yes, we need sun protection to ward off the damage caused by the ultraviolet rays in the sun, but good mineral sun protection can act as a shield against pollution as well. It is more crucial than ever to apply a layer of good mineral sun protection as your final layer each day. Think of it as your skin’s “coat of armor” against pollution.

Being fortified with the knowledge we need to take care of our skin in these polluted times is a solid beginning, and utilizing this knowledge can help us right now.

The Second Thing We Can Do:

Take action. No one wants toxic air to become the “new normal.” It can feel overwhelming; diminishing air quality is a global issue, and has numerous contributing factors. Among these factors are forest fires that increase unnaturally every year, the intensive logging that contributes to it (which includes the destroying of old-growth forests and the over-development of wild lands), burning fossil fuels, coal mining operations, industrial exhaust, car and diesel emissions, and on and on…what can one person do? 

But, we are not “one person.” We are many, many people who care deeply—and who can work together for clean air.

There are many ways to take action- here are three if you feel uncertain where to begin…

1) Sign petitions:  

*Moms Rising~

*Earthjustice~

*Sierra Club~

2)  Support effective organizations that are dedicated to clean air:

*What’s In Our Air?

*Oregon Wild~

*Center for Biological Diversity~

*350.org ~

*Union of Concerned Scientists~

*Rainforest Action Network~

*Rainforest Rescue~

*Amazon Watch~

*Jane Goodall Institute~

*Green Peace~

*Rebellion Extinction~

*Youth Strike for Climate~

*Sunrise Movement~

3) Call, email, write, or meet with your elected representatives, at the city/county level, the state level, and the national level—they absolutely need to hear that you whole-heartedly support drastically reducing harmful pollution:

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

Clean air is good for our skin, it is good for us, it is good for wildlife, it is good for plant life, it is good for babies and children, and for everything that grows…it is central to any quality of life.     

When the challenge feels enormous, taking care of ourselves (supporting our skin) and taking wise action to care for all of us (joining with other good-hearted, wise-minded beings to care for the earth and all of its inhabitants-both now and for the future generations to come) keeps us moving together on the right path.

“We made the world we’re living in and we have to make it over.”

— James Baldwin

“So many aspects of life depend on fossil fuels, except for music and love and education and happiness.  These things, which hardly use fossil fuels, are what we must focus on.”

— Mayer Hillman

Studies and articles on the negative impact of pollution on skin:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923181114001935

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024320516301886

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jdv.13250

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82241125.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ics.12270

https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/the-impact-of-pollution-on-the-skin

Negative impact of pollution on mental health: 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1108716

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/air-pollution-causes-huge-reduction-in-intelligence-study-reveals

https://slate.com/business/2018/09/air-pollution-linked-to-alzheimers-study-suggests.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/choked-beth-gardiner-smog/592759/

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/12/11/20996968/air-pollution-cognitive-impact

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/air-pollution-particles-in-young-brains-linked-to-alzheimers-damage

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/24/small-increases-in-air-pollution-linked-to-rise-in-depression-finds-study

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/03/air-pollution-spikes-may-impair-older-mens-thinking-study-finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/28/study-links-childhood-air-pollution-exposure-to-poorer-mental-health

Negative impact of pollution on physical health:

https://www.activesustainability.com/environment/effects-air-pollution-human-health/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-air-pollution-does-to-your-body_us_5a1a7f47e4b064948074da5f

https://journalistsresource.org/studies/environment/pollution-environment/health-effects-costs-air-pollution-research-roundup

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13181-011-0203-1

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/27/air-pollution-is-the-new-tobacco-warns-who-head

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/clean-air/20-shocking-facts-about-air-pollution

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-wildfires-public-health_us_5bef0747e4b0f7192ca93d1c

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/21/18104723/air-pollution-health

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-epa-pollution-health_us_5bf41da3e4b01909c809a8f5

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/26/climate-change-report-trump-air-pollution

https://newrepublic.com/article/152340/wildfire-smoke-shorten-californian-lifespans

https://earthjustice.org/features/what-you-should-know-about-the-mercury-and-air-toxics-standards

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47777103

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/10/vehicle-pollution-results-in-4m-child-asthma-cases-a-year

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/may/17/air-pollution-may-be-damaging-every-organ-and-cell-in-the-body-finds-global-review

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/12/billions-of-air-pollution-particles-found-in-hearts-of-city-dwellers

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/16/climate-crisis-health-risks-extreme-weather

https://www.vox.com/21427857/california-wildfire-2020-oregon-washington-air-quality-smoke-orange-red-sky-health

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/21/polluted-air-killing-half-a-million-babies-a-year-across-globe

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/pollution-killed-nearly-17-million-people-in-india-in-2019-study

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fossil-fuel-air-pollution_n_6022a51dc5b6c56a89a49185

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/09/fossil-fuels-pollution-deaths-research

https://news.sky.com/story/human-penises-are-shrinking-because-of-pollution-warns-scientist-12255106

https://newrepublic.com/article/163542/severe-weather-event-routinely-ignore-poor-air-quality

Causes of abnormally prolific wildfires and rain forest destruction:

https://theintercept.com/2017/09/09/in-a-summer-of-wildfires-and-hurricanes-my-son-asks-why-is-everything-going-wrong/

https://theintercept.com/2018/08/18/ryan-zinke-wildfires-timber-industry/

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45172671

https://slate.com/technology/2018/11/california-woolsey-camp-fire-trump-forest-management.html

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20181113-five-myths-about-wildfires

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/climate-change-500-percent-increase-california-wildfires/594016/

https://www.vox.com/world/2019/8/20/20813786/wildfire-amazon-rainforest-brazil-siberia

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brazil-amazon-rainforest-fire-climate-change_n_5d5dc2b5e4b02cc97c87eb98

https://www.vox.com/2019/8/22/20828219/amazon-rainforest-wildfire-photos-fire-greenland

https://theintercept.com/2019/08/23/gop-lobbyists-help-brazil-recruit-u-s-companies-to-exploit-the-amazon/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/amazon-fires-show-limits-sovereignty/596779/

https://www.vox.com/2019/8/27/20833275/amazon-rainforest-fire-wildfire-dieback

https://theintercept.com/2019/08/27/amazon-rainforest-fire-blackstone/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49479470

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/amazon-fires-indigenous-lands/596908/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/amazon-fires-brazil-bolsonaro-media.html

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/02/amazon-destruction-earth-brazilian-kayapo-people

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/follow-money-amazon/597319/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-bolsonaro-amazon-fires-climate-change-united-nations_n_5d80eaa7e4b077dcbd64bd42

https://theintercept.com/2019/09/20/amazon-brazil-army-bolsanaro/

https://theintercept.com/2019/11/07/california-wildfires-green-new-deal/

https://www.vox.com/2019/11/22/20978579/amazon-explained-rainforest-brazil-deforestation

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/24/trump-administration-wildfire-science-promote-logging-california-emissions

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/massacre-in-the-amazon

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientists-climate-change-to-blame-for-extreme-weather-this-year_n_5f5a26bbc5b62874bc193b1a

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54278988

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/02/these-companies-deforestation-promises-went-up-in-flames_partner/

Pollution in Portland:

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/09/air-quality-in-portland-is-worse-than-in-beijing-mumbai-or-mexico-city-due-to-wildfire-smoke.html

https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/11/18/smoke-portland-air-quality-equity/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YESDaily_20201119&utm_content=YESDaily_20201119+CID_f8fd4cf44bf571e8e0a094f5f15246f9&utm_source=CM&utm_term=Read%20the%20full%20story

Toxic air quality in Seattle: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/8/21/17761908/seattle-air-quality-haze-smoke-wildfire-health

Pollution in Oregon: https://projects.oregonlive.com/polluted-by-money/

Wildfire pollution in Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/feb/20/the-toxic-air-we-breathe-the-health-crisis-from-australias-bushfires

Global pollution and the corporations that cause it:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-polluters

https://theintercept.com/2020/01/18/ozone-layer-epa-united-states-pollution/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/24/oil-gas-industry-us-lawmakers-campaign-donations-analysis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/01/cancer-town-chemical-plant-plastics-louisiana-toxic-pollution-greenhouse-gas

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53640382

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/18/oil-industry-fossil-fuels-air-pollution-documents

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/banks-fossil-fuels-finance-climate-change_n_605a45b8c5b6cebf58d28d52

https://www.vox.com/22349601/banks-fossil-fuels-finance-trillions-climate-change

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/15/amazon-warehouse-boom-inland-empire-pollution

https://www.salon.com/2021/06/27/heat-waves-can-be-life-threatening--for-more-reasons-than-one_partner/

EPA weakening clean air regulations:

https://newrepublic.com/article/150548/air-pollution-denial-become-epa-policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/climate/epa-car-pollution-rollback.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/landmark-air-pollution-studies-could-be-excluded-by-proposed-epa-rule/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/08/pruitt-says-alarming-climate-report-not-deter-replacement-clean-power-plan/839857001/

https://www.vox.com/2018/9/28/17914186/epa-science-health-children-adviser

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/trump-administration-to-polluters-earth-is-doomed-so-go-hog-wild

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/09/trumps-insane-new-energy-policy-would-put-global-warming-on-steroids

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/03/trump-administration-roll-back-major-obama-era-environment-policies

https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2018/10/change-is-in-the-air/573487/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/experts-warn-trump-epa-meddling-scientific-method/575377/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-regulations-mercury-coal-pollution_us_5c26678ae4b05c88b7001d6e

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/climate/epa-trump-mercury-rule.html?smid=tw-nytclimate&smtyp=cur

https://www.vox.com/2018/12/28/18159509/mats-mercury-epa-toxic-coal-power-plant

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/us-carbon-pollution-rose-2018/577549/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/08/carbon-emissions-trump-agenda-climate-change

https://www.vox.com/2019/1/8/18174082/us-carbon-emissions-2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/trump-withdraws-paris-agreement/579733/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-smog-pollution-lawsuit_us_5c5236e8e4b0ca92c6dd111f

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/16/trumps-war-on-science-how-the-us-is-putting-politics-above-evidence

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/29/18286853/trump-epa-air-pollution-soot

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/top-epa-advisers-challenge-long-standing-air-pollution-science-threatening-americans-health

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/trump-bannon-administrative-state-epa-rosenstein-polluters-win.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clean-air-act-pollution-trump-dismante_n_5cd326aee4b09f321bdb0978

https://www.vox.com/2019/6/19/18684054/climate-change-clean-power-plan-repeal-affordable-emissions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/21/epa-trump-toxic-chemicals-regulation-off-rails-under-senators-say

https://newrepublic.com/article/154266/supreme-courts-covert-plan-gut-epas-powers

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/08/trump-environment-rules-roll-back-dangerous-attacks-climate-change

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-environment_n_5d251218e4b0cfb595fd714a

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/trumps-us-doesnt-have-cleanest-air-record/593500/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-is-desperately-trying-to-spin-his-abysmal-record-on-the-environment-856318/?fbclid=IwAR03WMDhC8kxtF6uBRdLc-5JEunuaotx4ivSEwYOYZVBN8Roxcclof75blI

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/26/war-on-science-trump-administration-muzzles-climate-experts-critics-say

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/8/19/20812243/trump-epa-climate-plan-ace-cpp-6-things

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/29/trump-administration-roll-back-methane-regulations

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/schwarzenegger-trump-california-clean-air-emissions-climate-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/17/whistleblowers-scientists-climate-crisis-trump-administration

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/25/clean-air-scientists-fired-by-epa-to-reconvene-in-snub-to-trump

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/science-trump-administration-crisis-point-report

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1061172075?fbclid=IwAR0NQxZKoSI0muaT0khbiB7_ERYBKVpei7IKRDiIIB_oTfZLBSJEMJGS3PY

https://theintercept.com/2020/01/12/cancer-trump-administration-epa-carcinogens-regulations/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/02/an-inside-account-of-trumps-fuel-economy-debacle/606346/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/27/trump-pollution-laws-epa-allows-companies-pollute-without-penalty-during-coronavirus

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/29/21198674/coronavirus-epa-trump-regulations

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/31/trump-epa-obama-clean-car-rules-climate-change

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/epa-regulations-air-pollution-coronavirus/

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-31/trump-rolls-back-fuel-economy-standards

https://www.salon.com/2020/04/01/climate-strikers-blast-epa-suspension-of-pollution-laws-how-are-we-supposed-to-protect-our-lungs/

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/under-the-cover-of-covid-19-trumps-epa-oks-more-mercury-air-pollution?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3__UoOTTOx1QMGyrhajsWgm7Xfe8-oQut7sbF9ulP9ZzXNbUOlU8wIk5I

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/22/earth-day-50-years-anniversary-environment-trump

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200507&instance_id=18281&nl=the-morning&regi_id=120358883&segment_id=26779&te=1&user_id=187ff2f655d7ec5474b8fed667d72e3b&fbclid=IwAR0TfNElTw4qI9v-M1SVzcoTlWLINtANEktcnz6DoJ9wQU9TnJL5RSUK7DY

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/trump-environmental-blitzkrieg-coronavirus

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epa-pollution-laws-pandemic_n_5f43ce4dc5b6763e5dc616bd

https://www.vox.com/21526919/trump-epa-fracking-pollution-regulation-voc

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/30/trump-agency-war-on-environment-former-epa-officials

Despite Connection to COVID-19 Infections EPA Declines to Tighten Air Pollution Controls - One Green Planet

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/18/epa-pollution-cancer-ethylene-oxide/

https://theintercept.com/2021/03/31/intercepted-ethylene-oxide-trump-cancer-epa/

https://theintercept.com/2021/05/06/epa-ethylene-oxide-chloroprene-inspector-general/

https://theintercept.com/2021/04/29/chlorpyrifos-epa-brain-damage-children/

Trump Administration Undermining Clean Energy Production and Increasing Pollution:

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/23/21031112/trump-coal-ferc-energy-subsidy-mopr

https://www.vox.com/2020/4/20/21224659/coronavirus-stimulus-money-oil-prices-fossil-fuels-bailout

https://theintercept.com/2020/05/12/second-trump-term-war-climate-change/

https://www.salon.com/2020/05/20/trump-executive-order-directs-heads-of-every-federal-agency-to-gut-regulations-amid-pandemic_partner/

https://newrepublic.com/article/158323/will-take-years-undo-damage-trumps-environmental-rollback

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/12/21361498/climate-change-air-pollution-us-india-china-deaths

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/8/27/21374894/trump-election-second-term-climate-change-energy-russia-china

https://apnews.com/3bf753f9036e7d88f4746b1a36c1ddc4

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/how-trump-appointees-short-circuited-grid-modernization/615433/

https://theintercept.com/2020/09/19/wildfires-trump-election-epa-environment/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/oct/20/trump-us-dirtier-planet-warmer-75-ways

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/oct/26/revealed-trump-public-lands-oil-drilling

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/ideology-behind-donald-trumps-paris-withdrawal/601462/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-wehrum-epa-blocked-ethylene-oxide-warnings-inspector-general_n_607a0786e4b0eac4813d9b85

https://theintercept.com/2021/04/16/epa-cancer-ethylene-oxide-bill-wehrum/

Collateral Damage of Pollution:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/06/endangered-species-face-disaster-under-trump-administration

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/12/air-pollution-deaths-are-double-previous-estimates-finds-research

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/04/new-york-south-bronx-minorities-pollution-inequity

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wind-carries-microplastic-air-pollution_n_5cb4cf66e4b098b9a2d829aa

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/23/americans-unsafe-air-quality-report

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48037412

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/21/us-pollution-incinerators-waste-burning-plants-report

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/29/climate-crisis-science-trump-cabinet

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/25/air-pollution-may-affect-number-of-eggs-ovaries-can-produce

https://newrepublic.com/article/154425/natural-gas-disaster-underground-storage-wells-suburban-america

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/17/air-pollution-particles-found-on-foetal-side-of-placentas-study

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/24/20927103/air-pollution-study-deaths-elderly-obama-trump

https://www.vox.com/2019/11/13/20963481/climate-change-kids-health-asthma-air-pollution

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/20/us-air-pollution-deaths-study-jama

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/12/9/20993619/biodiversity-crisis-extinction

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/18/us-top-10-countries-pollution-related-deaths-study

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200427-how-air-pollution-exacerbates-covid-19

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/10/new-mexico-fracking-navajo-indian-country

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/6/16/21290591/trump-black-lives-epa-air-pollution-covid-19

https://theintercept.com/2020/06/26/coronavirus-toxic-chemicals-pfas-bpa/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/compelling-evidence-air-pollution-worsens-coronavirus-study

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-dire-warnings-of-the-united-nations-latest-climate-change-report?mbid=nl_Daily%20100918&CNDID=49218439&utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20100918&utm_content=&spMailingID=14400743&spUserID=MTg0OTkxNzg0NDI1S0&spJobID=1500711778&spReportId=MTUwMDcxMTc3OAS2

https://theintercept.com/2020/08/08/coronavirus-pollution-environmental-justice-racism/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/15/air-pollution-will-lead-to-mass-migration-say-experts-after-landmark-ruling

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/un-cancer-alley-louisiana-environmental-racism_n_603e5213c5b617a7e410e0e7

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/02/coronavirus-pandemic-climate-crisis-air-pollution

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/12/emissions-shrinking-the-stratosphere-scientists-find

What We Can Do:

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/10/17952334/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-solutions-carbon-tax-electric-vehicles

https://www.vox.com/2019/1/17/18184358/healthcare-doctors-climate-change-divesting

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/15/rebellion-prevent-ecological-apocalypse-civil-disobedience

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/goldman-environmental-prize-oil-linda-garcia_n_5cc1a56fe4b01b6b3efd65e1

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190409-carbon-offseting-pros-and-cons

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/17/how-you-and-your-government-can-tackle-air-pollution

https://www.vox.com/2019/7/4/20681331/climate-change-solutions-trees-deforestation-reforestation

https://theintercept.com/2019/07/06/brazil-amazon-rainforest-indigenous-conservation-agribusiness-ranching/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49124695

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/22/automakers-snub-trump-to-side-with-climate-crisis-says-obama-era-official

https://newrepublic.com/article/154820/small-business-solution-saving-amazon

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/amazon-fires-what-is-happening-anything-we-can-do

https://newrepublic.com/article/154882/its-not-enough-stop-amazon-deforestation

 https://newrepublic.com/article/154926/best-way-fight-fires-amazon

https://www.apnews.com/5c8264cbcb7b4081b4aecf4c442506cc

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/23/exxon-climate-change-fossil-fuels-disinformation

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/indigenous-activist-bolsonaro-amazon-brazil_n_5db31aece4b079eb95a2d409

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/10/28/20926446/california-grid-distributed-energy

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/11/bipartisan-carbon-tax-columbia-study/601897/

https://www.salon.com/2019/11/25/earths-carbon-dioxide-levels-hit-a-3-million-year-high/

https://www.vox.com/2018/10/10/17952334/climate-change-global-warming-un-ipcc-report-solutions-carbon-tax-electric-vehicles

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/7/25/8881364/greta-thunberg-climate-change-flying-airline

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ecocide-crime-environmental-destruction-amazon-deforestation_n_5de637dee4b0913e6f84f5b4

https://www.vox.com/a/supertrees

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/employee-activism-climate-change_n_5ea04b1ac5b6a486d082480d

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/construction-major-pollution-how-we-build-better_n_5ea3464bc5b6f9639814c009

http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200504-which-trees-reduce-air-pollution-best

https://theintercept.com/2020/12/13/indigenous-pipeline-oil-gas-insurers/

Cleaner air and a climate solution, are now within reach — if we have the political will | Salon.com

Experts identify 'super-plant' that absorbs roadside air pollution | Plants | The Guardian

https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9

https://www.vox.com/22299782/black-americans-environmental-justice-pollution

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/global-carbon-emissions_n_603f9b4cc5b6d7794ae34293

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deforestation-indigenous-land-rights-climate-change_n_605b525cc5b6531eed00efbf

https://www.vox.com/2021/5/7/22423139/biden-30-by-30-conservation-initiative-historic

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