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Atmosphere Solutions

@AtmosphereSolns

We strive to improve air quality through community-based educational programs and policy.

 Sunshine Coast & Sea to Sky BC
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Joined July 2012
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'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars theguardian.com/cities/2018/…
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Want to cut air pollution? Get rid of your car theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Want to cut air pollution? Get rid of your car | John Vidal

Want to cut air pollution? Get rid of your car | John Vidal

Governments must accept the stark fact that cars must be removed from the street altogether, says environmental writer John Vidal

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Air Pollution Particles Discovered in Placentas ecowatch.com/air-pollution-p…

Air Pollution Particles Discovered in Placentas - EcoWatch

Researchers have found the first evidence that soot from polluted air can travel from a pregnant woman's lungs and reach the placenta via the bloodstream. The study examined the placentas of five...

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Can we get this too for the Sunshine Coast? The Edmonton Transit Service Orders 25 Proterra Electric Buses cleantechnica.com/2018/09/12…

The Edmonton Transit Service Orders 25 Proterra Electric Buses - CleanTechnica

Proterra announced that the Edmonton Transit Service has locked in a contract for 25 of Proterra's 40-foot Catalyst E2 max fully electric buses. The new buses will replace 25 aging diesel buses in...

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B.C. sees 25% jump in inhaler use from wildfire smoke - saobserver.net/news/b-c-sees…
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Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals theguardian.com/environment/…
This story about smoke in California could very well apply to the Sunshine Coast and our own school children: fresnobee.com/opinion/reader…
Air District needs to be clearer about health threats in Valley’s polluted air

Air District needs to be clearer about health threats in Valley’s polluted air

The sight of high school football players dashing across smoky fields on an August morning was shocking. Even more surprising were the words from coaches and athletic directors from local school...

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Are the diesel trucks on the Sunshine Coast poisoning us? cleantechnica.com/2018/08/06…

Catalyst Failure Leads To Recall Of 500,000 Trucks With Cummins Diesel Engines - CleanTechnica

More than a half million Cummins diesel engines have been recalled by the EPA and CARB to replace a catalytic converter than wore out sooner than expected.

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B.C. proposes mandate for electric vehicles, bans on fossil-fueled powered vehicles tinyurl.com/yad3ze3m
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Peter Quinlan@PQuinlanGlobal26 Jul 2018
WATCH: Smoke from as far as Siberia seen swirling in northern BC. Here's what you need to know: trib.al/FLI0Pxw @GlobalOkanagan @CKNW #bcstorm #Summerland #Peachland #Kelowna #bcwildfire #Vernon #Penticton
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VW forms 'Electrify Canada' to deploy a new network of 'ultra-fast' charging stations electrek.co/2018/07/23/vw-el…
VW forms 'Electrify Canada' to deploy a new network of 'ultra-fast' charging stations

VW forms 'Electrify Canada' to deploy a new network of 'ultra-fast' charging stations

After forming ‘Electrify America’ last year in order to comply with their settlement with the EPA and CARB over the...

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Renewables Push California Carbon Emissions Below 1990 Levels․ UK Emissions Fall Even Further. cleantechnica.com/2018/07/18…

Renewables Push California Carbon Emissions Below 1990 Levels. UK Emissions Fall Even Further. -...

California and the UK both report significant drops in their greenhouse gas emissions, due in large part to large decreases in the amount of coal used to generate electricity. That's the good news....

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Does the average person care anymore?
2 Degrees Institute (@2degreesinst) profile picture2 Degrees Institute@2degreesinst17 Jul 2018
RESULTS ARE IN: June 2018 tied 1998 as the 3rd-warmest June since modern record-keeping began (1880) and this is a non-El Nino year. 1998 was an El-Nino year. See the full global temperature record for the past 800,000 years here: temperaturerecord.org
Current & Historical Global Temperature Graph

Current & Historical Global Temperature Graph

See how global temperatures are climbing with this fully interactive graph of the past 800,000 years. A project by the 2 Degrees Institute.

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Germany to trial free public transport to fight pollution independent.co.uk/news/world…
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Good news for air quality and the planet: Washington State Coal-Fired Plant Converts Barren Landscape into Solar Farm cleantechnica.com/2018/07/02…
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Why does India's air look different from space? bbc.com/news/science-environ…
Why does India's air look different from space?

Why does India's air look different from space?

Europe's Sentinel-5P satellite tracks formaldehyde emissions in the air over the Indian sub-continent.

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Scientists race to reveal how surging wildfire smoke is affecting climate and health sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/…
Polluted Paris steps up war on diesel bbc.com/news/business-439257…
Polluted Paris steps up war on diesel

Polluted Paris steps up war on diesel

Could the French capital provide a template for cutting pollution in other cities?

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The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels theguardian.com/environment/…
The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels | Ploy Achakulwisut

The missing maths: the human cost of fossil fuels | Ploy Achakulwisut

Ploy Achakulwisut: We should account for the costs of disease and death from fossil fuel pollution in climate change policies

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Air pollution and autoimmune diseases are linked, says Canadian study cantechletter.com/2016/01/ai…
Air pollution and autoimmune diseases are linked, says Canadian study

Air pollution and autoimmune diseases are linked, says Canadian study

A new Canadian study suggests a link between air pollution and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus…

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