MVCAC March 2021

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How Can You Help Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline? Free Tickets, Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite
by Duane Nichols 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

How Can You Help Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline? Free Tickets, Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-you-help-stop-the-mountain-valley-pipe…

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Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources
by Duane Nichols 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-fine-particulate-wildfire-pollution-sources.h… Fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke more harmful than pollution from other sources by University of California - San Diego Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego examining 14 years of hospital admissions data conclude that the fine particles in wildfire smoke can be several times more harmful to human respiratory health than particulate matter from other sources such as car exhaust. While this distinction has been previously identified in laboratory experiments, the new study confirms it at the population level. This new research work, focused on Southern California, reveals the risks of tiny airborne particles with diameters of up to 2.5 microns, about one-twentieth that of a human hair. These particles—termed PM2.5—are the main component of wildfire smoke and can penetrate the human respiratory tract, enter the bloodstream and impair vital organs. The study appears March 5 in the journal Nature Communications by researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at UC San Diego. It was funded by the University of California Office of the President, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center for Advancing Minority Aging Research at UC San Diego and theOffice of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. To isolate wildfire-produced PM2.5 from other sources of particulate pollution, the researchers defined exposure to wildfire PM2.5 as exposure to strong Santa Ana winds with fire upwind. A second measure of exposure involved smoke plume data from NOAA's Hazard Mapping System. A 10 microgram-per-cubic meter increase in PM2.5 attributed to sources other than wildfire smoke was estimated to increase respiratory hospital admissions by 1 percent. The same increase, when attributed to wildfire smoke, caused between a 1.3 to 10 percent increase in respiratory admissions. Corresponding author Rosana Aguilera said the research suggests that assuming all particles of a certain size are equally toxic may be inaccurate and that the effects of wildfires—even at a distance—represent a pressing human health concern. "There is a daily threshold for the amount of PM2.5 in the air that is considered acceptable by the county and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)," said Aguilera, a postdoctoral scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. "The problem with this standard is that it doesn't account for different sources of emission of PM2.5." As of now, there is not a consensus as to why wildfire PM2.5 is more harmful to humans than other sources of particulate pollution. If PM2.5 from wildfires is more dangerous to human lungs than that of ambient air pollution, the threshold for what are considered safe levels of PM2.5 should reflect the source of the particles, especially during the expanding wildfire season. This is especially relevant in California and other regions where most PM2.5 is expected to come from wildfires. In Southern California, the Santa Ana winds drive the most severe wildfires and tend to blow wildfire smoke towards populated coastal regions. Climate change delays the start of the region's rainy season, which pushes wildfire season closer to the peak of the Santa Ana winds in early winter. Additionally, as populations grow in wildland urban interface areas, the risks of ignitions and impacts of wildfire and smoke increase for those who live inland and downwind. Coauthor Tom Corringham points to the implications for climate change: "As conditions in Southern California become hotter and drier, we expect to see increased wildfire activity. This study demonstrates that the harm due to wildfire smoke may be greater than previously thought, bolstering the argument for early wildfire detection systems and efforts to mitigate climate change." >>>>> Explore further.......... Wildfire smoke more dangerous than other air pollutants for asthma patients More information: Nature Communications (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21708-0

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BREAKING! Almost no job growth in fracking counties as natural gas production boomed
by Duane Nichols 04 Mar '21

04 Mar '21

From: "Ryan Clover, Halt The Harm Network" <ryan(a)halttheharm.net> > Date: March 4, 2021 at 12:18:59 PM EST > Subject: BREAKING! Almost no job growth in fracking counties as natural gas production boomed > Tomorrow we're hosting another Coffee Break conversation – this time with Joanne Kilgour Esq., the executive director of the Ohio River Valley Institute. > > Meet Joanne, and learn more about an economic study they've released that shows almost no job growth in fracking counties, despite gas production boom. > > Sign-up for the conversation here. > > (Did you miss the last session on the EHN Fractured Report? You can check it out, and see all our events here.) > > And here's the link to the story, > > BREAKING! Almost no job growth in fracking counties as natural gas production boomed. See the new ORVI report and a video. > > JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, – A new Ohio River Valley Institute report titled, “Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: Contributing more to the U.S. economy and getting less in return” quantifies the decade-long failure of the natural gas boom in the Marcellus and Utica fields to deliver growth in jobs, income, and population to the 22 Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia counties that produce more than 90% of the region’s natural gas. > If you'd like to meet Joanne Kilgour Esq. to discuss the study and get questions answered, please join us for tomorrow's coffee break on Halt the Harm Network! > > Register here for the 2:00 PM Eastern via Crowdcast. > > 🎉 This live stream is part of a weekly series for us to connect and discuss the latest news about fracking. > > > About Coffee Break discussions > > This is a weekly live stream via Crowdcast that I'm hosting along with friends Shannon Smith at FracTracker Alliance, talking about the harms of fracking and what we can do about it. > > See all of Halt the Harm Network events at https://www.crowdcast.io/halttheharm > > Sincerely, Ryan Clover, Halt the Harm Network > > Supporting Your Fight Against The Gas Industry > > Discover services – www.halttheharm.net > > Join the network – www.thecampaignnetwork.org > > > New to Halt the Harm Network? Set-up your profile in the Leader Directory > 5335 Wisconsin Ave NW Suite 440, Washington, District of Columbia 20015 >

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MVCAC March 2021