Air Pollution

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ben Fried made a difficult decision: He stopped riding New York City’s subway system. He was not alone. Ridership on the city’s notoriously packed commuter trains dropped 92% in mid-April, when New York emerged as an epicenter of the global health crisis. For Fried,…

FRANCE - Air pollution cuts life expectancy for every man, woman and child on Earth by nearly two years, according to data released Tuesday which experts said showed poor air quality is "the greatest risk to human health". The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) said that as the world races to…

By Patrick GALEY (AFP)     Jul 28, 2020 in World Air pollution cuts life expectancy for every man, woman and child on Earth by nearly two years, according to data released Tuesday which experts said showed poor air quality is "the greatest risk to human health".The Air Quality Life…

Since Uber and Lyft burst onto the scene a decade ago, the companies have established a reputation for dodging government regulations. Now, California is working on first-of-their-kind rules to limit emissions from ride-hail vehicles, which could force the companies to get about one-third of their drivers into electric vehicles by…

Burning smokeless coal in household stoves is a major source of air pollution despite its apparent clean credentials. here is little difference between smokeless and smoky coal and the pollution is worsened when firelighters are used, the University College Dublin study found. The finding is worrying for many thousands of…

IMAGE: More research on air pollution's effects on the epigenome, or chemical tags attached to the genes, in patients with ILDs. view more  Credit: ATS July 1, 2020--More research must be done to investigate the role of air pollution on the epigenome in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), in order…

California are getting serious about reducing air pollution, approving a new proposal that tackles emissions from semi-trucks, delivery trucks and buses. Trucks currently account for as much as 50% of greenhouse gas emissions when including emissions from fuel production, and more than 95% of toxic diesel particulate matter emissions. To…

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Yves here. This article is a bit of a public service announcement, but the detail on the dust storm’s impact is also technically intriguing. Plus some of you may be suffering from Wunderground withdrawal. By Jeff Masters, Ph.D. Originally published at Yale Climate Connections The famed Pitons on St. Lucia…

In recent months, many investors and financial publications have been using “real-time” data to assess the economic fallout of—and recovery from—COVID-related lockdowns. In our view, these nontraditional data can provide timely and useful glimpses of how certain segments of the economy are faring. They aren’t a silver bullet, and they…