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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. In general, high scorers exhibit long-standing commitments to protecting public health, preserving natural resources, and decoupling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from economic activity.

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DOE to award $30M for research to secure domestic supply chain of critical elements and minerals

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If we want to achieve a 100% carbon-free economy by 2050, we have to create our own supply of these materials, including alternatives here at home in America. At present, the US relies on imports from nations such as China and the Democratic Republic of Congo for these critical materials. —Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

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