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Efforts to control climate change are falling short : NPR

The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal set by world leaders is all but impossible to meet, according to a new analysis by the United Nations.

The annual report from the U.N. Environment Programme lays out how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution, most of which comes from burning oil, gas and coal.

Cannonville 1944

Topographic overlay before the Cannonville Reservior was built.Β 

Cancer Rates vs Expected Cancer Rates, Capital Region

Cancer Rates vs Expected Cancer Rates, Capital Region

From the NYS Cancer Mapping Project. These numbers are adjusted based on "estimated" cancer risk, which is an average of the number of cancers state-wide, excluding New York City, based on age and gender of each block group. As they note, elevated cancer levels are based on many different factors, some are environmental while others are cultural, genetic and behavioral.