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Study says air pollution leads to 16,000 premature births in the United States each year -

In 2010, early deliveries, which tend to occur more often in low-income areas, cost the country $4 billion in medical expenses and lost productivity. Time

We’re in danger of handing young people a situation that’s out of their control.

James Hansen, a former NASA climate scientist and lead author of a study that says climate change will raise sealevels more than previously thought.  

Microsoft cofounder’s yacht rips up 14,000 square feet of coral reef -

The anchor chain on Tatoosh, Paul Allens 300-foot yacht (complete with a basketball court, movie theater, pool, and multiple helipads), apparently destroyed 80 percent of a reef in a protected area of the Cayman Islands. Ironically, Allen is a philanthropist whose foundation supports marine conservation, and his investment firm, Vulcan, recently launched a project to restore corals. Dont you just hate it when your floating hotel gets in the way of your eco dreams? TechCrunch

State employees in Flint have been drinking purified water for over a year -

Newly released government emails show that in January 2015, while officials were assuring Flints citizenry that their tap water was safe to drink (it wasnt), they began providing coolers of purified water to the State Office Building. Detroit Free Press

Air quality regulator sues over California methane leak -

The South Coast Air Quality Management District is accusing Southern California Gas Co., the utility responsible for the massive natural gas leak in Porter Ranch, of negligence. The suit seeks a civil penalty of $250,000 per day of the leak—which could add up to nearly $30 million. NPR

I am a little frustrated by the divestiture strategies of University endowments that do not support Oil and Gas. So, if they can’t support us, we can’t hire their students.

Writing in a LinkedIn post on Friday, Peter Kiss, president and CEO of Morgan Construction, vowed not to hire students from the University of British Columbia or Queens University. Kiss later retracted his statements, after the post—unsurprisingly—sparked controversy.