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"American blacks are likely to suffer disproportionately from climate change and they are willing to pay to combat it, a commission aimed at raising awareness about global warming said on Tuesday. … Blacks are more than twice as likely as whites to live in cities where the so-called heat island effect is expected to make temperature increases more severe, the newly formed group said at a briefing. More blacks also will be 'fuel poor' as energy demand rises due to higher air-conditioning loads, population growth and urbanization, commission said. … A solid majority, 64 percent, of those surveyed by telephone between June 20 and July 3 said they would be willing to pay an additional $10 a month to fight global warming. Twenty-eight percent were willing to pay an added $25 a month and only 14 percent were willing to pay an extra $50." |
![]() The Science Of Going Out
• Vertical farming: the gardening of the future. • How about we just watch out fat and calories and eat lots of fruits and veggies? • If you're thinkin' about my baby it don't matter if you're black or white. • The South leads our nation in obesity. This should probably come as no surprise. |
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• A new federal report that many important people will completely ignore, "forecasts more drenching rains, parching droughts (especially in the Southwest), intense heat waves and stronger hurricanes if long-lived greenhouse gases continue building in the atmosphere." • Triple negative breast cancer is rare, aggressive, difficult to treat, and most likely to strike younger black women. Sigh. • When zoo animals need nursing homes. • This is just so sad. And so, so stupid. |
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• More black women are entering their reproductive years with diabetes. • A new study on rectal cancer victims adds more evidence that blacks get less treatment and are more likely to die from cancer in the U.S. • The Bush administration has decided to list polar bears as a "threatened" species without making any moves to improve the environmental factors that are causing the bears to be threatened or attempting to protect them in any way. • To make matters worse for polar bears, they didn't make the top 10 smartest animals list. |
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• This woman is a lot smarter than me and does things for a living that I don't understand, but her work in the field of artificial intelligence will impact our lives in the future. • This colossal squid has the biggest eyes in the animal world! Okay, that's all. • Black women may overestimate the number of pre-cancer screenings test they've had, putting them at risk. This sounds like something all women probably do. • "Even when their blood pressure is kept strictly under control with the best available medicine, African-American patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) continue to lose their kidney function over time, research led by a Johns Hopkins team shows." |
![]() Alicia Keys performed in Olso, Norway, last night at a concert honoring Nobel Laureate Al Gore. The purpose of the concert was to raise global warming awareness among young people.
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![]() So Easy A Monkey Could...
• If only the Incas knew… • Here's the 8 millionth study trying to explain why breast cancer is deadlier in black women. • And let's not forget about prostate cancer in men. • But I thought global warming didn't exist? |
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![]() Relax! It won't give you breast cancer...
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