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The indoor pollution potential of gas stoves According to results published in Environmental Science & Technology, natural gas and propane burners and ovens emitted up to 6.5 μg/min of benzene, 10 to 50 times more than electric stoves while induction cooktops emitted no detectable benzene.

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge pollution prompts calls for returning bike path back to 3rd traffic lane reopeningRichmond-San Rafael Bridge pollution prompts calls for returning bike path back to 3rd traffic lane reopening.

Asm. Connolly Wants People to Think Bike Lanes Cause PollutionAlso, the PSE report definitely does not recommend adding a vehicle lane to the bridge as a solution to the problem. Their recommendations include reducing freeway traffic (not inducing it by adding capacity), electrifying heavy-duty trucks, increasing the use of public transit, restricting industrial development that increases local truck traffic, and increasing community access to information about other pollutants that are not as easily measured as these three.

Study: Domestic oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in health impacts yearlyWhile the environmental cost remains a prominent target for those doing the critiquing, a new study has given us the numbers behind the human cost of the oil and gas industry – particularly as it relates to health.

New health study shows cost of oil and gas pollution in AppalachiaCurbing methane pollution from oil and gas is also the fastest, most cost-effective way to slow the current rate of climate change while protecting public health.

New Health Study Shows Cost of Oil and Gas Pollution in Appalachia – Environmental Defense FundThe study found that in 2016 alone, pollution from oil and gas production caused $77 billion in health damage in the United States and thousands of premature deaths.

Local News 07/13/23 - Cooking with Gas Stoves Could Pose DangerResearchers from Stanford University and nonprofit PSE Healthy Energy tested gas and propane stoves in 87 homes and found every appliance produced a detectable amount of cancer-causing benzene — a chemical with no safe level of exposure.

Capture6 Receives the Largest Grant from the California Energy Commission in the RoundCapture6, a carbon management startup, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the California Energy Commission under the Commercialization Industrial Decarbonization (CID) Program. The grant is valued at over $8M – the largest sum awarded in the round.

Gas Stoves Raise Benzene Levels Above Secondhand SmokeBenzene, a chemical linked to a higher risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers, creeps into millions of homes whenever residents light their gas stoves or single gas cooktop burners.

Boiling Point: Solar sprawl, Vegas-styleNew research finds that cooking with gas can lead to dangerous levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in your home — in some cases worse than breathing secondhand cigarette smoke.

Report: Ohioans Feel the Health Impacts of Oil, Gas ProductionA new study underscored the urgent need for policies to drive down emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, showing the public health effects are costing billions of dollars.

Scattered Showers And Storms Continue SundayBut a new study from Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability and PSE Healthy Energy, a nonprofit research institute, warns that these appliances are even worse for our health than previously believed.