New Delhi Air Quality Is Worsening, Group Says

Paul RacetteHealth

Air quality in New Delhi has deteriorated significantly in the past two years, exposing the capital’s residents to heightened risk of a range of respiratory diseases, a leading environmental research group warns.

Feds Want to Clean Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Paul RacetteWater, Would You Believe?

The so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a stewy body of plastic and marine debris that floats an estimated 1,000 miles west of San Francisco, is a shape-shifting mass far too large, delicate and remote to ever be cleaned up, according to a researcher who recently returned from the area. But that might not stop the federal government from trying.

Green Schools Offer Healthier, Smarter Classrooms

Paul RacetteEducation

In Plenty Magazine, Samantha Cleaver reports that “as baby boomer-era school buildings become more and more outdated, many districts are building green schools to replace energy guzzling, polluted learning environments.”

China's Birth Defects Soar Due to Pollution

Paul RacetteHealth

Reuters reports that “Birth defects in Chinese infants have soared nearly 40 percent since 2001, a government report said, and officials linked the rise to China’s worsening environmental degradation.”