Tag: PM2.5
Heart attacks, cancer, dementia, premature deaths: 4 essential reads on the...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new standard for protecting the public from...
Pollution from coal power plants contributes to far more deaths than...
Lucas Henneman, George Mason University
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than...
To see how smoke affects endangered orangutans, we studied their voices...
Wendy M. Erb, Cornell University
Bornean orangutans are one of three orangutan species, all critically endangered. They thrive in...
Electric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing...
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School
Each weekday, more than half of the K-12 students in the U.S. – over...
Alaska on fire: Thousands of lightning strikes and a warming climate...
Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska is on pace for another historic wildfire year, with its fastest start...
Combatting an invisible killer: New WHO air pollution guidelines recommend sharply...
Laura Corlin, Tufts University
Air pollution is the world’s fourth leading cause of death, contributing to about 13 premature...
How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and...
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School
The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars...