Air Pollution

CHICAGO — Could the very air we breathe have an impact on our mental health? That’s the suggestion coming out of a new international study conducted in the United States and Denmark. After analyzing long-term data sets from both countries, researchers from th…

5) Beyond health costs, air pollution can also hurt the economy in other ways. Elucidate in the backdrop of alarming air pollution issue in the country.(250 words)Why this question: The article provides for a detailed coverage of the ongoing air pollution cr…

The main solution to climate change is well known: stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more complicated, but as a scholar who does energy modeling, I and others see the outlines of a post-fossil-fuel future: We make electricity with renewable sources…

An electric school bus on display at the International Motor Show (2018). | Peter Steffen/picture alliance via Getty Images A small idea in Sanders’s Green New Deal could reap big benefits for kids. Bernie Sanders’s just-released Green New Deal plan is huge —…

Its common knowledge that air pollution is detrimental to our health, killing seven million people every year, and yet little is known about its toll on our mental well-being. Now, new research has revealed a link between polluted areas and increased cases of…

From planes and buses to refineries and factories, there are multiple sources of air pollution. These are complex processes that lead to formation of new particulate matter and precursor gas molecules both of which are harmful to our lungs, said scientists an…

Air pollution has emerged as a serious concern in India with its adverse health implications, particularly for children and other vulnerable groups. But cities across the globe have encountered the problem at some point and dealt with it in their own ways, sa…

The National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the space agency of Brazil, recorded the highest number of wildfires in the Amazon in ... Read More The National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the space agency of Brazil, recorded the highest number of…

President Donald Trump twice invoked anti-Semitic automotive pioneer Henry Ford on Wednesday just hours after he again accused Jewish Democrats of being disloyal to Israel. Trump tweeted about Ford in relation to auto companies opting to follow California’s …

A new study has linked dirt and air pollution to multiple neuropsychiatric conditions, as well as an increased risk of developing personality disorders. The link was first identified using environmental data from the US, but was profound enough that researche…