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Sports activities can expose you to pollutants that are hazardous to your health.
States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and more blazes break out in the dry conditions.
How long will it take for electric vehicles to cut emissions and improve air in our cities? Longer than we think – because petrol and diesel make up almost all of the fleet.
Lawsuits are inevitable, but an environmental lawyer explains why the EPA’s new power plant regulations are on solid ground.
For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air emission rule in Southern California could become a model for state controls.
From synthetic fabrics to car exhaust to wildfires, exposure to environmental pollutants push the skin microbiome to adapt in ways that reduce its ability to protect the skin.
The new rule isn’t a mandate for electric vehicles, but it will sharply increase their market share over the coming decade.
Reducing particle pollution can save thousands of lives, but states need more data to inform better controls. An atmospheric scientist explains what data and actions are needed.
On Feb. 7, 2024, the EPA strengthened the federal limit for annual levels of fine particulate air pollution, or PM2.5. Many serious health effects have been linked to PM2.5 exposure.
The US, a minor liquefied natural gas supplier a decade ago, now is the world’s top source. That’s good for energy security, but bad for Earth’s climate. An energy scholar explains the trade-offs.
Researchers created a layer of human lung cells and exposed them to different pollutants.
These pollutants can originate from many common household products – including vinyl flooring, plastic toys, cleaning products and furniture.
Conspiracy theories about urban planning are born of a national context in which public transport provision is failing
A surprising number of new consumer tech products promise to improve air quality.
Switching to a plant-based diet could save lives.
Africa can check climate impact on health by taking 37 actions endorsed by environment ministers.
The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The numbers are staggering − but also falling fast as US coal plants close.
Apartment residents need more sustainable, climate-adapted designs. They shouldn’t have to depend on costly, high-emissions air conditioning to remain comfortable and healthy.
For a two-in-three chance of staying within 1.5°C, the budget shrinks to one-and-a-half years.
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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