In early February, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced the Green New Deal (GND), a sweeping resolution that addresses the dual challenges of income inequality and climate change, and the first government policy document aimed at curbing climate change as one of its goals.

A recent study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology , discovered that the amount of oxygen available to marine invertebrates – squids, crabs and octopuses – may be a key element that enables their vision.

The Lancet Commission report presents data documenting pollution and pollution-related disease. According are concentrated among the poor and contribute to the intergenerational perpetuation of poverty. Pollution related disease can result in lost income and increased health-care costs, thus imposing disproportionately great economic burdens on poor families and communities.

The costs of pollution-related disease are often overlooked and undercounted. But they are associated with non-communicable diseases of long latency. These extend over many years, are spread across large populations, and are not captured by standard economic indicators.