Air Pollution

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is investigating how the Volkswagen AG emissions cheating scandal affected health outcomes in the United States. And the findings are grim: A new working paper from the bank found that the addition of just one cheating die…

Swapping short car trips for walking or biking could achieve as much health gain as ongoing tobacco tax increases, according to a study from the University of Otago, New Zealand.Lead author Dr Anja Mizdrak, of Otago's Burden of Disease Epidemiology, Equity, a…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s monthly crude steel output fell for the first time this year in June, official data showed on Monday, but daily output rose to record levels, according to Reuters calculations based on the data. The world’s biggest steel producer…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Much of the air pollution is caused by factory emissions Air pollution contributed to the deaths of at least 1.2 million Indians in 2017 - but a unique pilot scheme to combat air pollution in the western state of Gujarat cou…

Air pollution has a particularly damaging effect on children. They're still growing and breathe faster than adults do. They also live closer to the ground, where the most polluting gases from vehicles accumulate. Pollution from traffic has been linked to prob…

Photo courtesy Uber. Social image photos courtesy UberWhen ride-share giant Uber teased plans last month to launch UberCopter, a roughly $200, eight-minute helicopter service from Manhattan to JFK International Airport in New York City, skeptics came out of t…

Reducing air pollution is objectively good. In addition to providing huge public health benefits, new findings show it would also give China solar generating industry a big boost in productivity. The research published Monday in Nature Energy reveal that dec…

China’s solar panels would work better with less air pollution Kevin Frayer/Getty Images By Adam Vaughan Cleaning up Chinas hazy skies would increase electricity generation from the countrys vast array of solar panels by 13 per cent and provide billions of…

Air pollution in Birmingham may cut months off life expectancy

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