Globe and Mail (October 6)
In Canada, air and rail passengers will soon need to be vaccinated, as will workers at the nation’s largest employer, the federal Government. “Vaccinations will also be required for the hundreds of thousands of people who work in Canada’s public service, as well as those who work in federally regulated industries, such as banking.” The rules come into effect in October.
Tags: Air, Banking, Canada, Employer, Government, Passengers, Public service, Rail, Regulated industries, Vaccinations, Workers
Washington Post (August 30)
“Enormous as it is, the number of people evacuated by air from Kabul since the end of July — about 122,000 — is not large enough.” Countless others, who are vulnerable, did not escape. “This is a moral disaster.”
Tags: Air, Enormous, Escape, Evacuated, July, Kabul, Moral disaster, Vulnerable
The Guardian (April 24)
“Amid the misery and chaos caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there are some short-term consolations. The precipitous drop in road and air traffic has left the air cleaner and the skies clearer.” Hopefully, when it is finally “safe to emerge from economic survival mode,” we will reflect “on which kinds of productive activity actually enrich our lives – and which among these our planet can sustain.”
Bloomberg (February 8)
“Boosted by an expanding middle class, India and Indonesia will enter the ranks of the five largest, as well as the fastest growing air-passenger markets by 2036. China will post the quickest passenger growth and also overtake the U.S. as the biggest air-travel market. Turkey rounds up the top five markets that are expanding at the fastest pace.”
Tags: Air, China, Expanding, Fastest-growing, India, Indonesia, Middle class, Passenger, Travel, Turkey, U.S.
New York Times (November 23)
“Everything this president and this Congress are doing on economic policy seems designed, not just to widen the gap between the wealthy and everyone else, but to lock in plutocrats’ advantages, making it easier to ensure that their heirs remain on top and the rest stay down.” While the “terrible tax bills” may not make it through Congress, “environmental policy is largely set by administrative action, and this administration has been moving with stunning speed to get poisons back into our air and water.”
Tags: Air, Congress, Economic policy, Environment, Heirs, Plutocrats, Poisons, Trump, Water, Wealth gap
The Economist (February 8, 2014)
China is getting “a small breath of fresh air” as new policies stipulate “official data, formerly held secretly, should be published.” This marks “an important step, not just for China’s environment, but also because it gives new power to the large and growing movement of citizen activists who have been lobbying for the government to clean up.”
Tags: Activists, Air, China, Citizens, Data, Environment, Government, Lobbying, Power, Published
Bloomberg (August 2)
“Earth’s atmosphere seems to have found a way to get back at the human race. For almost three centuries, we humans have been filling the air with carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases. Now, it turns out, the climate change these emissions have wrought is turning people against one another.” Researchers have found “a surprisingly close link between climate change and civil wars, riots, invasions and even personal violence such as murder, assault and rape.”
Tags: Air, Atmosphere, Civil wars, Climate change, CO2, Earth, Emissions, Greenhouse gases, Human race, Methane, Researchers, Violence
The Economist (February 2, 2012)
China’s air is flooded with tiny particulate matter (PM2.5) that endangers health. The World Health Organisation (WHO) “guidelines suggest that PM2.5 levels above ten micrograms per cubic metre are unsafe.” Almost all of China is above this level. ”Indeed, much of the country’s population endures air so foul that it registers above 30 on the PM2.5 scale, with Shandong and Henan provinces topping 50.”
Tags: Air, China, Particulate matter PM2.5, Pollution
