[Ráfaga] #2904: aviation, pollution

[Rafagas team]

#2904: aviation, pollution

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 by Raf

* Private aviation, primarily based in the USA, which holds 68% of
aircraft, has seen a 46% increase in CO2 emissions from 2019 to 2023
due to 18 million flights for leisure, cultural, and political events.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01775-z

* The industrial plants in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, have polluted the
air and land of historically black communities for over a century and
have yet to address the environmental injustice.

https://www.propublica.org/article/bluestone-jim-justice-north-birmingham

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Translated by Isaac, Jaume, Jorge, and Wladimir

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