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Op-ed: Is plastic the biggest climate threat?

Environmental Health News

As people from around the world are gathering in New York for the UN-sponsored Climate Week, it is past time the world focused on the threats to climate from plastics. For decades the fossil fuel industry has rightly been a target for climate action. They believe their future is plastics. A study from the U.S.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Can be Used to Make Cities Smarter

Smart Data Collective

With climate change on the rise, more severe weather events such as drought are becoming more prevalent. million between 1988-2017 and the resulting food insecurity has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, if not more. Improved grid security. Public Safety. Drought Risk Assessment and Prediction. References. [1]