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'Threat map' aims to highlight worst of oil and gas air pollution

2016-06-17 14:05:35| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: Environmentalists have launched a new mapping tool that allows people in the U.S. to see whether they live and work in areas at risk of harmful air pollution from nearby oil and gas activities. According to the map, which was published online Wednesday by the advocacy groups Earthworks and the Clean Air Task Force, a lot of people do: about 12.4 million people live within a half-mile of active oil and gas wells and related facilities that could release harmful pollutants such as benzene and formaldehyde...

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