Air Pollution

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Canadian wildfire smoke continues to blow over much of the U.S., raising air pollution to harmful levels for construction workers. Now, the impact of the fires is likely to raise U.S. lumber prices, too. Canada’s 2023 wildfire season has been blazing, burning the largest amount of land ever recorded in…

More than a quarter of the passenger vehicles sold in China in 2022 were new energy vehicles (NEVs), including full EVs and hybrids. Records show that nearly 7 million NEVs hit China’s streets last year — that’s 26% of the nearly 27 million vehicles sold overall, up from less than 5%…

This story was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. As wildfire smoke from Canada plagued parts of the United States for the second time this summer, expanding into parts of the Midwest and East Coast, cities were caught unprepared. While a few put out alerts, outreach was limited.  People…

A study by the Keck School of Medicine has found that even EPA-approved levels of certain pollutants can lead to changes in brain function over time in children. The research, utilizing brain scans from over 9,000 youths, discovered that exposure to these pollutants results in altered connectivity between various brain…

A wildfire burns in a forest near the town of Cochrane, Ont., in a June 6, 2023, handout photo. (The Canadian Press/HO-Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry) Wildfire smoke continues to blanket northern and eastern parts of Ontario today, with Environment Canada warning the very high levels of air pollution…

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here with permission. As an orange plume of smoke from Canadian wildfires engulfed the Northeast this month and rendered New York City’s air the most toxic in the world for a day, air quality and its impact on human health became…

Published Jun 24, 2023  •  Last updated 4 days ago  •  3 minute read Paddlers were wearing masks on the Rideau River at Mooney's Bay, as Ottawa was dealing with bad air quality with smoke in the air Sunday, June 25, 2023. The festival was cut short Sunday due to heavy…

A team of scientists have discovered that two air quality monitoring stations in the U.K. also collected DNA samples that could benefit biodiversity monitoring.Scientists analyzed DNA samples trapped in the two air pollution sensors and identified 180 taxa of mammals, plants, birds and invertebrates.The findings signal the presence of a…

EV fleets are expanding at a fast pace in several of the world’s largest markets. This is being driven by governments and automakers who are promoting electricity powered vehicles as a key technology to curb oil use, fight climate change and air pollution. As more renewable energy sources are used,…