Photo credit: Ivan Cujic by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In New York City, around the Fourth of July, many residents complain about illegal fireworks in their...
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Bitcoin and AI endanger the environment
Photo credit: Tara Winstead by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Data processing centers for bitcoin mines and artificial intelligence (AI) endanger both health and the environment. There has been a wealth of reporting about noise from bitcoin mines and...
Singer Vanessa Carlton files noise-related lawsuit
Photo credit: Life Of Pix by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Like so any residents in the United States who have purchased homes in areas that they believed would be...
Canada’s ocean noise plan falls short of expectations
Photo credit: Jeremy Bishop by Halimat Olunlade, Social Media Manager Some might assume that noise pollution only affects humans, but a hidden crisis is unfolding beneath the waves. Manmade noise beneath the ocean’s surface creates what experts call an “acoustic...
Birds suffer from noise pollution
Photo credit: Pixabay by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Just as the interest in the adverse effects of noise on humans has grown, so too has the interest in the effects...
Resident forced from home by loud music venue
Photo credit: Onur Satıcı by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Our readers know that this blog covers the impact of loud music venues on nearby communities, including in...
Noise pollution in Washington D.C.
Photo credit: Eduardo Romero by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Greater Greater Washington published a blog post by Pete Rodrigue last month about noise pollution. According to the website, Greater's mission is “to inform, engage, and influence the public...
PA lawmaker goes after noisy mufflers
Photo credit: jae p by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Pennsylvania residents should be pleased that a Philadelphia state legislator introduced a bill that will penalize...
Upcoming webinar
Photo credit: Ingrid Buday, Founder NMNT by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Quiet Coalition has been notified that No Noise Toronto will be hosting a webinar on Oct. 21 about noise cameras. For those who don’t know what a noise camera is, it is like a...