Nearly 150 million Americans, or roughly half of the population, live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution. The problem disproportionately menaces communities of color and low wealth. That ...
Up to 5 million people die each year from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and respiratory diseases that result from exposure to air pollution. That’s more than the deaths from AIDS, ...
(Houston – September 28, 2020) To streamline how the Houston region responds to hazardous air pollution, the city of Houston, Harris County and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), with support from ...
Precision data fosters meaningful change for clean air While ambient air pollution monitoring can give us a sense of a region’s overall air quality, new sensor technologies and data analyses ...
The majority of the public believes an earlier phase-out date would have a positive impact on public health, according to a new report. – Energy Live News
(Washington, D.C. – July 29, 2020) Today a bicameral group of Members of Congress introduced the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2020, a bill that would strengthen air pollution ...
New evidence shows the same people who have lived with polluted air for decades are at increased risk for severe illness from Coronavirus, underscoring the importance for cities across the ...
The improvements in air quality seen during the COVID-19 lockdown have shown individuals and policymakers what is possible and could open the door to reinvigorated efforts to address pollution.
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