Air Pollution

“To change your life, you need to change your priorities.” ~Mark Twain Every year, come December, I used to obsess about air pollution. This was the time when my husband and I would take our young daughter to Poland, the country of my birth, to spend Christmas with the extended…

Fine dust from the burning rain forest could exacerbate coronavirus infections amid signs that the blazes might be particularly severe in 2020Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on August 27, 2019. Credit: Joao Laet Getty Images Using satellite data, experts have already…

A new study conducted with WHO has suggested that regardless of global endeavors to improve air quality, vast swathes of the world’s populace are experiencing an increased level of air pollution. The study conducted by the University of Exeter analyzed patterns in global air quality between in the range of…

Nepal's tourism industry is reeling after the coronavirus forced an early end to the Mount Everest climbing season.Over 1 million workers in Nepal, from Sherpas to cooks, rely on tourism, which brings $700 million to the economy each year.A lengthy lockdown has put thousands of people in financial difficulty.View more…

NGT asks govt. to frame action plan The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given the Kerala government three months to come up with a proper action plan on making the State pollution-free. The Bench of Justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta has asked the…

NORCO, LOUISIANA - NOVEMBER 09: Steam rises from the smokestacks of a Shell petroleum refinery on ... November 9, 2019 in the town of Norco, Louisiana. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Here's a neat political trick: if you want to introduce a new law,…

It’s becoming clear that black and Latino communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 mortality rate for black New York City residents, for example, is twice that of white residents, and a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report has suggested that black Americans in…

EPA published a proposal in the Federal Register yesterday that critics described as an assault on minority communities coping with the public health legacy of structural racism. The agency's plan would mandate changes to the way future rules under the Clean Air Act would weigh the costs and benefits of climate and…

By Mie Olsen  •  last updated: 09/06/2020 Langelands Square   -   Copyright  Mie OlsenA square in Copenhagen is using a groundbreaking design to fight back against air pollution.The tiles of Langelands Square, in the Frederiksberg district of the Danish capital, have a special coating that helps absorb nitrogen dioxide (NO2).NO2 is one of the harmful…

NASA has announced four projects that will study the effects of the coronavirus on our planet. From air pollution to the economy, NASA’s Rapid Response and Novel Research in Earth Science will lead the studies. More from SlashGear:The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented, and incredibly rapid, change in human activities.…