Air Pollution

On Thursday, four of the worlds biggest automakers announced they had made a deal with California that undercuts the Trump administrations efforts to soften harsh vehicle emissions rules that cripple consumers capacity to afford new cars. As The Washington P…

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Despite improved air quality since the 1990s, pollution still causes lung disease, heart attacks and strokes that kill more than 30,000 Americans each year, a new study estimates. Researchers looked at concentratio…

Research findings from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES) at Carnegie Mellon University show significant human health benefits when air quality is better than the current national ambient air quality standard. The estimate of li…

Bangkok's family-run Wattana Panich restaurant has been cooking the same pot of beef noodle soup for a very long time. Forty-five years, to be exact. Every day they simmer the stew -- locally called "neua tune" -- in that big pot, and every night they drain…

Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University.The study, published in the journal …

More than 30,000 deaths have been linked to poor air quality in the United States over the past two decades, according to new research funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). And even at levels considered to be safe, researchers argue that air po…

Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among Mozambican women who use kerosene as the main source of energy for lighting compared to those who use electricity. This was the main finding of a study undertaken by the Barcelona Institute for Global Hea…

Boris Johnson has been named the new leader of the UK Conservative Party NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock By Adam Vaughan Welcome to the latest take out the trash day. In the past 36 hours, the UK government has put out 42 consultations and papers, just days…

Commercial Space Ride Secured for NASA’s New Air Pollution Sensor

China has drastically cut air pollution in a very short time, some say by as much as 50% in some places. How did China do it? "The measures were notable for being outright bans on polluting activities, rather than incentives to clean up production, such as pr…