How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and racially diverse drivers behind the wheel

Electric cars offer benefits for low-income and minority drivers, including cleaner air and lower maintenance costs. But it will take more than rebates on new models to make EVs accessible for all.

Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Adjunct Lecturer in Urban Studies, The New School • conversation
May 21, 2021 ~9 min

Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing?

A future of heat and strife or humanity’s finest hour – our response to climate change today will define the 21st century.

Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL • conversation
May 6, 2021 ~9 min


Wildfire smoke may spark eczema and itch

Damage from wildfire smoke may extend to the largest organ in the human body and our first line of defense against outside threats: the skin.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
April 23, 2021 ~7 min

Polluting SUVs will be on roads for the next two decades – what should we do with them?

SUVs accounted for 7% of the European market in 2009. Today, it's almost 40%.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
April 12, 2021 ~5 min

Fixing indoor air pollution problems that are raising Native Americans' COVID-19 risk

Poor indoor air on tribal lands can cause a range of respiratory illnesses, including viral infections. Here's how people are fixing the problem while preserving traditional ways.

Meghan Curry O’Connell, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of South Dakota • conversation
March 15, 2021 ~10 min

COVID-19 lockdown highlights ozone chemistry in China

During COVID-19 lockdown, China saw an increase in ozone pollution despite a drop in emissions from transportation and manufacturing sources. The question is, why?

Leah Burrows • harvard
March 1, 2021 ~4 min

Air filters can scrub out pollutants near highways, reduce blood pressure

Living next to a highway is not great for health, but a new study shows that running air filters indoors can remove tiny particles of pollution and lower blood pressure.

Doug Brugge, Professor and Chair of Public Health Science and Community Medicine, University of Connecticut • conversation
Feb. 18, 2021 ~5 min

Fossil fuel subsidies amount to hundreds of billions of dollars a year – here's how to get rid of them

The costs that fossil fuels impose on public health through air pollution alone are enormous.

Radek Stefanski, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of St Andrews • conversation
Feb. 11, 2021 ~7 min


Air pollution: over three billion people breathe harmful air inside their own homes

Replacing wood stoves is essential but won't solve the indoor air pollution epidemic on its own.

Matthew Shupler, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Public Health, University of Liverpool • conversation
Jan. 20, 2021 ~6 min

First lockdown's effect on air pollution was overstated, our study reveals

Exaggerating how much lockdown improved air quality could allow us to underestimate the scale of the air pollution problem.

William Bloss, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
Jan. 13, 2021 ~7 min

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