Air Pollution

This morning (20 February) Extinction Rebellion staged a protest at London’s Science Museum, aiming to draw attention to the illegal levels of air pollution in the UK and their impact on young people’s health. Children as young as two joined the sit-in, or so-called “die-in”, wearing pollution masks designed by…

LINDEN, NEW JERSEY - DECEMBER 11: Smoke pours out of towers of the Phillips 66 Bayway oil refinery ... along the New Jersey Turnpike in Linden, New Jersey, December 11, 2019. The Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery is one of the largest air polluters in New Jersey producing 2.5 million metric…

Designed over the past 3 years in conjunction with the University of Sydney, brothers Isaac and Elias Honor teamed up with their friend Jack Graham to launch AusAir… a face-mask that’s preparing for a world where masks may become as ubiquitous as wearing sun-block every time you step out. What…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aerosol emissions from burning coal and wood are dangerous to human health, but it turns out that by cooling the Earth they also diminish global economic inequality, according to a new study by Carnegie's Yixuan Zheng, Geeta Persad, and Ken Caldeira, along with UC Irvine's Steven…

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: February 18, 2020 12:49:51 pm Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said reduction in pollution levels will be among the top priority of the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation.(File)Newly appointed Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has convened a high-level meeting of officers on February 20 to…

Newly appointed Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai in the new AAP government, convened a high-level meeting of officers on February 20 to chalk out an action plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi. He said that reduction in pollution levels will be among the top priority of the Arvind Kejriwal…

Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens the lives of about 100,000 people by one to two decades. As it turns out, much of this pollution originates not in a person's own neighborhood, but up to hundreds or even thousands of miles away in neighboring…

A new study out of the Yale School of Public Health has found that air pollution may be able to trigger non-fatal heart attacks, making the ultrafine particles found in this pollution a ‘serious public health concern.’ The research was recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives; it warns that the…

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: February 14, 2020 8:21:54 am Globally, air pollution is estimated to cause 4.5 million premature deaths each year (File Photo)A new Greenpeace report has estimated the global cost of air pollution from fossil fuels at around $2.9 trillion per year, or…

DescriptionThe objective of the campaign was to tell people that the harm we bring to the environment has a direct bearing on us. It may not look tangible in the short term but in the long term, the damage is permanent. Using tan lines, which are not pretty, we showcased…