An MIT startup made a simple device that turns filthy car exhaust into beautiful ink
One person’s disgusting vehicle exhaust is a clever entrepreneur’s treasure.
India’s air pollution rivals China’s as world’s deadliest
India’s rapidly worsening air pollution is causing about 1.1 million people to die prematurely each year and is now surpassing China’s as the deadliest in the world, a new study of global air pollution shows.
State coffers won’t cover cost of cleanup if oil companies walk away
The agency that oversees oil and gas drilling in the state says it doesn’t collect nearly enough money to clean up wells in case companies walk away. Regulators say the recent influx of small, private companies means Alaska risks shouldering the cost of abandoned wells. State lawmakers are receptive to addressing the issue.
China’s first ‘vertical forest’ building will help clean its smoggy air
Those aren’t just towers—they’re enormous, verdant air filters for smog-choked cities.
Welcome to the season of the ‘Airpocalypse’
All around the globe, air pollution impacts people’s lives — keeping people indoors, leading to conditions like asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, and even brain disease, and leading to millions of deaths each year. And no, this isn’t just a problem abroad: More than half of Americans live in areas that have unsafe levels of air pollution. Most of that air pollution comes from the toxic emissions spewing out of the tailpipes of our cars and trucks.
We’ve compiled some examples of how air pollution is affecting the lives of people from London, to Shanghai, to Los Angeles, to Delhi, to Salt Lake City and even more places in a Twitter Moment. Below is a sample of what we’ve pulled together:
Smog can sweep in like a wave. Or a faceless villain in a John Carpenter movie. As it did in Beijing on Jan. 2.
20 minutes. That’s how long it takes for this thick cloud of smog to totally envelop the Chinese city of Beijing https://t.co/4WEDVOE114 pic.twitter.com/jy0xInjgWm
— CNN (@CNN) January 2, 2017
In late January, London’s air surpassed Beijing’s in awfulness. Particulate matter, which can lodge in lungs, hit 197 micrograms per cubic meter; the recommended limit is 25.
Air pollution in London passed levels in Beijing this week, with popular wood burning stoves blamed for exacerbating the problem pic.twitter.com/48OAGRyzbt
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 25, 2017
Mexico City tried banning cars on Saturdays, expecting particulates and nitrogen oxides would fall 16 percent. But the gains never materialized.
Maybe the answer is to use cleaner fuels instead | Car ban fails to curb #airpollution in #MexicoCity https://t.co/u7b3bj8v0J pic.twitter.com/txrCdGAHAF
— Fuel Freedom (@fuelfreedomnow) February 6, 2017
The Wasatch front near Salt Lake City has its own air problems in wintertime, when pollution collects in the valley below the mountains.
The air is opaque in Salt Lake City. pic.twitter.com/ADuAvkz5Xl
— Tiff Frandsen (@tiffany_mf) February 1, 2017
The agency in charge improving SoCal air quality is focused primarily on stationary sources of pollution, like factories. Millions of cars are tougher to control.
In #LosAngeles, 1,300+ lives are cut short each yr due to #airpollution. That’s unacceptable. We need #cleanerfuels https://t.co/Eu19F1ALYv pic.twitter.com/yIec2TQ2fj
— Fuel Freedom (@fuelfreedomnow) February 7, 2017
Everyone deserves clean air to breathe, and that’s why we believe it’s so important that America and the world transition to cleaner fuels. This is one of the many reasons we’re fighting to ensure Americans have a choice of cleaner burning fuels at the pump. We hope you’ll join us in this fight by making a donation today.
Air pollution increases likelihood of dementia in older women
Breathing polluted air nearly doubles the risk of dementia in older women, according to a new study published in Translational Psychiatry.
Oil spill near Chennai, India, threatens wildlife
Thousands of volunteers and Indian Coast Guard personnel were working on Friday to clean sludge from shores near the southern city of Chennai nearly a week after an oil spill that activists said could have dire repercussions for wildlife and fishery.
Utah is the land of ski runs, pristine parks and a really bad smog problem
The air hung heavy in the valley like damp, dirty cotton balls stagnating in a frigid bowl.
Paris tries something different in the fight against smog
Last week Paris suffered its fourth smog of the winter and tried a new idea to protect its residents from the worst effects.
Hawaii bill aims for 100 percent renewable transportation
Hawaii has the most aggressive renewable energy targets in the nation, aiming for its utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045.
