Air Pollution

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

A version of this post was sent to our weekly newsletter mailing list. If youd like to receive this in your inbox, subscribe here. I hope you had a great midweek 4th of July. I went to see CHICs Fireworks Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl, my favorite venue …

Right now, most modern cities are able to track urban conditions like air pollution, noise levels, traffic, road conditions, and weather using either fixed monitoring stations or the occasional moving sensor mounted on municipal vehicles. But both of these ar…

Right now, most modern cities are able to track urban conditions like air pollution, noise levels, traffic, road conditions, and weather using either fixed monitoring stations or the occasional moving sensor mounted on municipal vehicles. But both of these ar…

Air pollution could shorten a child's life by up to seven months says the first study conducted since new Government guidelines.  An eight-year-old child born in 2011 may die between two to seven months early if exposed over their lifetime to projected futur…

Lately there has been too much debate totally misguided, in my opinion over this super idea of One Nation, One Election. Regular readers of this column would know I dont use words like misguided lightly. So when I say misguided, I mean not that there should b…