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How a new monitoring system improves fire detections and captures the air pollution effects of planned peatland burns.
The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in federal laws over the past 55 years.
An estimated 1.5 billion petrol, diesel and LPG cars are on the world’s roads – and will be for decades. Ensuring they run cleanly is vital.
Our study revealed that air pollution, lack of green space and areas built primarily from concrete and asphalt were key factors in asthma risk.
Australia stands to benefit from burning waste to produce electricity and heat for homes, but there are potential pitfalls and drawbacks too.
About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.
Oil exporters have made hay with high prices, but their environments have borne the costs.
Electric vehicles sold in the last decade are already having a measurable impact on childhood asthma rates in the U.S.
Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands.
The effects of childhood exposure to poor air quality may be small for the individual, but at a population level, they could have major consequences on the workforce.
Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.
Small air sensors that harness the power of AI could transform pollution monitoring.
To deal with microplastic pollution, it helps agencies to know what kind of plastic they’ve got on their hands.
Globally, scientists predict each person could lose up to 58 hours of sleep a year by 2100 if planetary warming continues unchecked.
Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.
Between 2000 and 2020, only one-third of environmental enforcement actions were actually brought against the biggest corporate offenders.
Fuel tanker accidents in Nigeria can be prevented by restructuring the built environment, providing parking spaces for the tankers, and constructing good roads.
Limiting exposure to air pollution will have lasting impacts on Colorado communities with the highest exposure.
Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is common in many parts of the world.
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Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
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Professor & Chair in Air Quality and Health; Founding Director, Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Co-Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey, University of Surrey
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, University of Essex
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Adelaide University
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Professor, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University and the South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney. Affiliate, Centre for Safe Air., UNSW
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Conjoint Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Researcher, The University of Queensland