Study finds fossil fuels cause high number of deaths

A recent study from Harvard University, University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, and University College London, found that 8 million people died in 2018 from exposure to fossil fuel pollution.

"Regions with the highest concentrations of fossil fuel-related air pollution — including Eastern North America, Europe, and South-East Asia — have the highest rates of mortality, according to the study published in the journal Environmental Research." (The Harvard Gazette)

Eastern North America. That's us, Campers.

Our Purple Air monitors have been showing spikes in the PM2.5 levels in the Basin. This is why this is so important. While the DEP tells us that our air is "no worse than Lynn's," why is Lynn being made to suffer? And why are we?