Togo's new climate policies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality—here's how
Like many African cities, Lomé, the capital of Togo, has a pollution problem.
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Nov 10, 2022
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'Hazardous' smog chokes India's capital
Smog in New Delhi hit "hazardous" levels on Thursday as smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern India combined with other pollutants to create a noxious grey cocktail enveloping the megacity.
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Nov 3, 2022
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Real-time air quality data can be 'life saving'
Research co-led by The University of Queensland has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air pollution and lead to lower mortality rates.
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Oct 24, 2022
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A new approach, not currently described by the Clean Air Act, could eliminate air pollution disparities
While air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years thanks in part to the Clean Air Act, people of color at every income level in the United States are still exposed to higher-than-average levels of air pollution.
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Oct 24, 2022
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Air pollution caused 2,780 deaths, illnesses, and IQ loss in children in Massachusetts in 2019
Air pollution remains a silent killer in Massachusetts, responsible for an estimated 2,780 deaths a year and for measurable cognitive loss in Bay State children exposed to fine particulate pollutants in the air they breathe, ...
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Jul 18, 2022
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Pacific Northwest wildfires alter air pollution patterns across North America
Increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are altering the seasonal pattern of air pollution and causing a spike in unhealthy pollutants in August, new research finds. The smoke is undermining clean ...
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Apr 19, 2022
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Climate change a major threat to global health, says WHO
Climate change poses a serious threat to human health that calls for urgent action and global collaboration on scales seen in the COVID-19 response, says the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Apr 11, 2022
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Ozone may be heating the planet more than we realize
Ozone may be weakening one of the Earth's most important cooling mechanisms, making it a more significant greenhouse gas than previously thought, research has found.
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Mar 31, 2022
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Global air pollution levels spiked in 2021 after a drop during 2020 lockdowns, report says
The Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide than it absorbs, according to a new pollution report—the opposite of what is supposed to happen.
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Mar 23, 2022
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Historically 'redlined' urban areas have higher levels of air pollution
In the wake of the Great Depression, the federally sponsored Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) drew maps of neighborhoods in U.S. cities that characterized their desirability for mortgage lending. Many neighborhoods with ...
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Mar 9, 2022
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