Air Pollution

California’s Devastating 2022 Fire Season Wiped Out Years of Emission Cuts -1022.rtf
Air Pollution from AI Could Surpass That of All the Cars in California 1224.rtf
Expert Warns of Public Health Emergency, as Delhi's Toxic Air Returns 1224.rtf
Air Pollution Likely Killed 3.8 Million Indians over 2009-2019 - 1224.rtf
Here’s How Much Cleaner Energy Could Save the US, in Lives and Money 1224.rtf
Some of the World’s Biggest Cities Are So Polluted, They’re Warming Slower 1224.rtfEPA Proposes Limits on Harmful NOx Pollutant from Power Plants 1124.rtf
Inhaling Delhi’s Polluted Air Is like Smoking 50 Cigarettes a Day 1124.rtf
Emergency Declared as Smog Chokes Parts of India and Pakistan 1124.rtf
Aquatic Ecosystems Aren’t Immune to Wildfire Impacts 0924.rtf
Can Climate Stripes Change How We Think about Air Pollution? 0824.rtf
Amazon Jungle Fires Spew Toxic Smoke to Brazil’s Largest City 0924.rtf
Smoke from Increasing Wildfires Threatens Farmworkers 0824.rtf
Heat Can Increase Air Pollution Inside Cars by Up to 40,000 Times 0724.rtf
Almost 2,000 Children Die Every Day from Air Pollution 0624.rtf - corresponds to about 3 million deaths per year, or 3% of total deaths
Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Outdoor Air Quality Alerts across US Midwest. It Pollutes Indoors Too, Maybe Worse. 0524.rtf
Warming Climate Threatens Worse Air Quality in Already Polluted Kathmandu 0424.rtf
131 Million Americans Live in Areas with Unhealthy Pollution Levels 0424.rtf
US Air Quality Got Worse in 2023, Thanks to Canada’s Wildfire Smoke 0324.rtf
World’s 100 Most Polluted Cities Are in Asia, 83 of Them in India 0324.rtf
Switch to Electric Vehicles Could Prevent Millions of US Child Illnesses by 2050 - 0224.rtf
Climate Change Reversing Gains in Air Quality across the U.S. 0224.rtf
A Growing Climate Threat Is Putting Californians’ Health at Risk 0224.rtf
The Terrible Paradox of Air Pollution and Climate Change 0923.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Is Eroding Decades of Air Quality Improvements 0923.rtf
Extreme Heat Makes Air Quality Worse. That's Bad for Health. 0923.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Air Pollution Progress 0823.rtf
Domestic Oil & Gas Production Led to $77 Billion a Year in Health Impacts 0723.rtf
U.S. Truck Makers Reach Deal to Phase Out Polluting Diesel Big Rigs 0723.rtf
Heat Waves Are Unleashing a Deadly but Overlooked Pollutant - Ozone 0623.rtf
In 2022, Europe’s Cruise Ships Pumped Out More Sulfur than 1 Billion Cars 0623.rtf
New York City ER Asthma Visits Soared as Wildfire Smoke Blanketed Region 0623.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Reacts with City Pollution, Creating New Toxic Air Hazard 0623.rtf
Move to Electric Vehicles Could Save Nearly 90,000 Lives in US by 2050 - 0623.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Alerts across the Northeast U.S. 0623.rtf
Years of Breathing Traffic Pollution Increases Death Rates 0423.rtf
Heat, Drought and Fires Worsen Air in the US West 0423.rtf
How to Lower Your Health Risk from Gas Stoves 0123.rtf
Biden Administration Moves to Tighten Limits on Deadly PM2.5 Air Pollutoin 0123.rtf
Wind Energy’s Health Benefits Could Quadruple by Dialing Down Fossil Fuels 1222.rtf
Clean Energy Could Save American Lives to Tune of $700 Billion per Year 1122.rtf
Tiny Air Pollution Particles Appear More Deadly if from Human-Made Sources 1022.rtf
EU Targets ‘Zero Pollution’ by 2050 to Curb Premature Deaths 1022.rtf
Why Seattle Currently Has the Worst Air Quality in the World 1022.rtf
Hotter, More Humid, but Cleaner - How LA’s Air Has Changed 0922.rtf
Dramatic Rise in Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline in US Air Quality for Millions 0922.rtf
Major Cities Blighted by Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution 0822.rtf
California’s 2020 Wildfire Pollution Likely Offset Decades of Air Quality Gains 0622.rtf
Air Pollution Worse for Global Lifespan than Cigarettes or Alcohol 0622.rtf
Wildfire Made Air Pollution in Las Vegas, New Mexico Reach 9 X Healthy Limit 0622.rtf
Pollution Caused 1 in 6 Deaths Globally for 5 Years 0522.rtf
Cutting US Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Would Save 50,000 Lives a Year 0522.rtf
That Backyard Fire Produces Hazardous Levels of Air Pollution 0522.rtf
Plastic Pollution Accelerating the Effects of Climate Change in Canada’s Arctic 0522.rtf
Western Wildfires Reverse U.S. Clean Air Gains 0422.rtf
Why Tracking Wildfire Smoke Will Be Crucial for Everyone as Earth Warms 0422.rtf
Smoke from Pacific Northwest Wildfires Is Erasing Emission Reductions 0422.rtf
US Transition to Electric Vehicles Would Save Over 100,000 Lives by 2050 - 0322.rtf
Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Venting & Flaring from Gas and Oil Wells 0322.rtf
Smoke from Large Wildfires Seems to Damage the Ozone Layer 0322.rtf
Hitting Biden’s Greenhouse Goals Could Save Billions in Health-Related Costs 0222.rtf
Household Energy - Let’s Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice 0222.rtf - Rural LPG cookstoves, in place of open  fire etc. stove would save over 1 million deaths a year from indoor air pollution.  But LPG is not always available and is often unaffordable to the poor people who newould benefit the most.
EPA Seeks to Prevent 1,000s of Early Deaths from Power Plant Air Pollution 0222.rtf - up to 11,000 deaths a year
Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People 0122.rtf
Living near Fracking Wells Linked to Early Death 0122.rtf
Lower Vehicle Emissions Linked to Significant Drop in US Air Pollution Deaths 1221.rtf
Fuel Price Spikes, Covid Recovery May Push Clean Cooking Goals Out of Reach 1121.rtf - 3.8 million people lose their lives to illness from household air pollution caused by cooking with unclean fuels such as wood, charcoal, coal, animal dung, and crop waste.  With less money, they cannot move to cleaner cooking sources.  10s of millions of polluting cooking fires also generate plenty of black carbon, which reinforces gloabl warming.
Climate Change Is Single Biggest Health Threat, WHO Says 1021.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Kills People in Cities Far from Fires 0921.rtf
Exposure to Air Pollution below Legal Limits Still Linked to Premature Deaths 0921.rtf - 29.6% increase in mortality for 40% increase in PM2.5 in the US, below the 12 μg/m3 US limit.  Similarly, a 25% incresase in NO2, below half the EU’s limit was associated with a 9.9% mortality incfresase.
Air Pollution from Fossil Fuels Could Cut Lifespans Globally by 2.2 to 5 Years 0921.rtf - (5 in India, Nepal)
Reducing Carbon Emissions & Air Pollution Benefits the Global Economy 0821.rtf - much of benefits soon are from reducing air pollutions deaths
Pristine Lake Tahoe Shrouded in Smoke from Threatening Fire 0821.rtf
Residents in Part of Northern California Warned to Stay Indoors due to Smoke from Massive Wildfires 0821.rtf
India’s Poor Face Much Higher Risk of Dying from Air Pollution than the Rich 0721.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Wiped Out U.S. Pandemic-Related Clean Air Gains in 2020 - 0321.rtf
California’s Wildfire Smoke Could Be More Harmful than Vehicle Emissions 0321.rtf
Trump’s Environmental Policies Killed 1,000s of People 0221.rtf - In 4 years, perhaps 80,000 from air pollution, plus another 150,000-200,000 in 2020 and 2021 from mis-handling the covid pandemic
Fossil Fuels Killed 8.7 Million People Globally in 2018 - 0221.rtf - about 1 in 7 deaths.  Used more geographically detailed data than previous studiesWildfires Having Devastating Effect on Air Quality in Western US 0121.rtf

1 in 7 Americans Suffered Dangerous Air Quality This Year from Wildfires 0920.rtf

We’ll Have to Learn to Live with Smoke. Here’s Why. 0920.rtf

Full Transition to Electric Cars Would Improve U.S. Air, Health 0920.rtf

For 3rd Consecutive Day, Portland’s Air Quality Is the Worst in the World 0920.rtf

Hotter Days as Climate Warms Could Reverse Cleaner Skies from Clean Air Laws 0920.rtf

Coal Generation Kills 800 a Year in Australia 0820.rtf

Air Pollution Is Much Worse than We Thought 0820.rtf - Twice as bad.  Well-understood pathways capture only about half the total, based on Medicare data sets and air pollution levels.  It damages lungs, hearts, brains, skin and other organs.
US Could Avoid 4.5 Million Early Deaths by Fighting Climate Change 0820.rtf - cleaner air from fewer fossil fuels burned
Northeast US Climate Initiative, RGGI, Has Made Children Healthier 0720.rtf
Smog Caused 49,000 Deaths in Beijing, Shanghai in 2020, More Elsewhere 0720.rtf
Intense Arctic Wildfires Set a Pollution Record 0720.rtf
Climate Change Fuels U.S. Dust Storms, with Dire Health Consequences 0720.rtf
Wildfires Are Taking an Unexpectedly Huge Toll on America’s Lungs 0620.rtf
South Asia’s Twin Threat - Extreme Heat and Foul Air 0520.rtf
Clean Air in Europe during Lockdown ‘Leads to 11,000 Fewer Deaths’ 0420.rtf
As Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Our Skies Are Clearing 0420.rtf
Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down for Coronavirus 0320.rtf
Heat Waves in 2019 Led to Almost 900 Extra Deaths in England 0120.rtf
Shuttering US Coal Plants Saved 26,000 Lives over a Decade 0120.rtf
Wildfires Are Getting Worse. So Is the Deadly Smoke They Bring with Them 1219.rtf
Australian Fires Pushed Sydney's Air Quality 12 x Above 'Hazardous' Levels 1219.rtf
Renewables Could Be a Health Boon for Great Lakes, Upper Midwest Regions 1019.rtf
Cleaning Up China's Dirty Air Would Give Solar Energy a Huge Boost 0719.rtf
Due to Wildfires, California Now Has the Most Polluted Cities in the World 1118.rtf
Wildfire Smoke Chokes Out Large Swath of Alberta 0818.rtf
‘Serious Health Effects' of Wildfire Smoke across Western US, Warm Experts 0818.rtf
Choking on Beijing's Clean Air Costs 1217.rtf - Switching 200,000 to 3.5-37.0 million rural households from dirty home coal stoves (bigger air polliution source than coal-fired power plants) to natural gas costs $1,250 to $1,540 per household.
India to Introduce Clean Fuels Faster to Combat Delhi Smog Crisis 1117.rtf - Cut sulfur 80% in diesel, gasoline in 2018.
Change in the Air 1117.rtf - mostly about industrial pollution, indoors.  But forest fires killed 100,000 in Indonesia in 2015, releasing more CO2 than India and Japan combined.
Breathing Fire 1117.rtf - health impacts of smoke inhalation from recent US forest fires
Pollution Linked to 9 Million Deaths Worldwide in 2015 - 1017.rtf
Napa Fires Make San Francisco Air Worse than Beijing 1017.rtf
Air Pollution Kills Half a Million People a Year in Europe, EU Agency Reports 1017.rtf
China's Northern Cities Face Soot-Free Winter with Gas Revolution 1017.rtf
Extreme Wildfires Could Lead to Long-Term Lung Damage in the US 0917.rtf
How Much of Your Life Air Pollution Steals from You, Based on Where You Live 0917.rtf - 3 years in north China, 4 in India (10 in New Delhi), a bit less than 1 in Los Angeles, very small amounts in much of the US
Renewable Energy Isn’t Just Cutting Costs, It’s Saving Lives 0817.rtf
Air Pollution Deaths Expected to Rise because of Climate Change 0717.rtf
Medical Experts Say Lending to Adani Is the Same as Supporting Big Tobacco 0617.rtf
Coal to Solar Switch Could Save 52,000 US Lives per Year 0617.rtf
Bangladesh Coal Plant Could Cause 6,000 Early Deaths 0517.rtf
Myanmar Coal Plant Growth Could Kill 280,000 - 0517.rtf
Converting Coal Would Help China's Smog at Climate's Expense 0417.rtf
Climate Change 'Makes Deadly China Pollution Worse' 0317.rtf
‘Airpocalypse’ Smog Events in China Linked to Melting Ice Cap 0317.rtf
Push for Diesel Leaves London Gasping Amid Record Pollution 0217.rtf
Warmer World Is Making China’s Smog Woes Even Worse 0217.rtf
100,000 Died from Indonesia’s Unpunished Air Pollution from Forest Fires in 2015 - 0217.rtf
City of Beijing Vows 30% Cut in Coal Use in 2017, to Fight Smog 0217.rtf
Phasing Out Coal, Wood, Dung Cookstoves a ‘Win-Win’ for Climate and Health 0217.rtf
EPA under Scott Pruitt Could Add Billions to U.S. Health Care Costs 0117.rtf
Southeast Asia’s Coal Boom Could Cause 70,000 Deaths per Year by 2030 - 0117.rtf
Hazier Days in the High Country, Western U.S., due to Drought and Forest Fires 0117.rtf
Top China Coal Province Vows 20% Cut in Pollution by 2020 - 1216.rtf

Smog Linked to 1:3 of Deaths in China 1216.rtf
China’s Bad Air Estimated to Cause 1.37 Million Premature Deaths in 2013 - 1116.rtf
Toxic Smog in World's Most Polluted City May Soon Hit Economy 1116.rtf
Paris Climate Targets to Cost Asia $300 Billion a Year, but Will Help Save Lives 0916.rtf
Hidden Cost of Death Is in the Air 0916.rtf - 10% of GDP in China, 8% in India, etc. - World Bank
‘Smoke Waves’ Will Affect Millions in Coming Decades 0816.rtf - PM2.5 from burning forests, not coal
Wildfire Smoke Problem Intensifies with Climate Change 0816.rtf - PM2.5 from burning forests
Coal Burning Causes the Most Air Pollution Deaths in China 0816.rtf - 366,000 a year.  Another 177,000 from transport, etc.
Coal Dust Kills 23,000 per Year in EU 0716.rtf
China’s Smog Knocks 2 Years off Life Expectancy – IEA 0616.rtf
Air Pollution Shortens Life in India by 3.4 Years, 6.3 in Delhi 0516.rtf - China’s decrease in life from air pollution appears worse.  See 0114 and 0815 articles below.
Japan's Coal-Fired Plants 'to Cause 1,000s of Early Deaths' 0516.rtf
Australia’s Air Pollution Increases 69%, as Coal Named Top Polluter 0416.rtf
Greenhouse Gas Cuts May Prevent 295,000 US Deaths by 2030 - 0216.rtf
India’s Pollution Levels Beat China’s 0216.rtf
Polluted Air Causes 5.5 Million Deaths a Year 0216.rtf
Pollution Crisis Is Choking the Chinese Economy 0216.rtf - cuts GDP 6.5% annually
Air Pollution Raises Risk of Death 'for Decades after Exposure' 0216.rtf
End of Fossil Fuels Won't Come Too Soon ror Millions Breathing Toxic Air 1215.rtf
Echoing Beijing, Poles Sound Alert on Rampant Smog 1215.rtf
In India, Mumbai's Mountains of Imported Coal Pose Health Hazard 1115.rtf
India's Coal-Fueled Economy Takes a Toll on Environment and Rural Villagers 1015.rtf
Enormous Social Cost of Cheap Coal 0915.rtf
US and Australian Taxpayers Pay Billions a Year to Fund Coal 0915.rtf - 7 sets of regulations, 2 of them about CO2
Coal Burning Costs UK £2.5-7.1 Billion Annually from Premature Deaths 0915.rtf
Is It Too Late to Stop Turkey's Coal Rush? 0815.rtf
Study Links Polluted Air in China to 1.6 Million Deaths a Year 0815.rtf
Health Groups Praise Obama Plan on Coal, Saying It Will Save Lives 0815.rtf
Kind of Blue - China’s Air Pollution Not as Terrible as Before 0715.rtf
How China, the World's Biggest Polluter, Is Dealing with Climate Change 0715.rtf
US Coal Industry Fighting for Survival on 7 Fronts 0615.rtf
Coal in Poland Lowering Life Spans 0615.rtf
World’s Worst Air Spurs Modi’s $25 Billion Utility Clean-Up Push 0515.rtf
In China, a Tug of War over Coal Gas - Cleaner Air But Worse for the Climate 0515.rtf
Coal - Burning Up Australia’s Future 0315.rtf
China's Coal Usage Targeted in New Energy Plan 0315.rtf
China's ‘War' on Air Pollution May Emit More CO2, due to Scrubbers kWh Penalty 0315.rtf
Documentary on Air Pollution Grips China 0315.rtf
India vs China - Airpocalypse 0215.rtf
Mr. President, World’s Worst Air Is Taking 6 Hours Off Your Life 0115.rtf
Beijing’s Toxic Air Is Literally Off the Charts 0115.rtf
China Pollution - Beijing Smog Hits Hazardous Levels 0115.rtf
Chu Sees Genuine China Coal Retreat 1214.rtf
Coal's Black Wind - Pregnant Women in Parts of India Advised to Stay Away 1114.rtf
Coal Rush in Horribly Polluted India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change 1114.rtf
For Central Heat, China Has a North-South Divide at Qin-Huai Line 1114.rtf
Cost of China's Dependence on Coal - 670,000 Deaths a Year 1114.rtf
Air Pollution Slashes India's Potential Grain Yields by Half 1114.rtf
South Africa’s Coal-Fired Power Stations Carry Heavy Health Costs 0914.rtf
China's 'War on Pollution' Sees Coal Drop for First Time in Century 0814.rtf
Beijing's Air Pollution Is Shaving Up To 16 Years Off Chinese People's Lives 0114.rtf
Smoggy Beijing to Ban Coal Use 0814.rtf
What Beijing Abandoning Coal Means (Add 16 Years to Beijinger's Life!) 0814.rtf
US Unveils Sharp Curbs on Coal Power Plants 0614.rtf
Justices Back Rule Limiting Coal Pollution 0414.rtf
EPA Scores Big Win to Limit Mercury in Power Plants 0414.rtf
World Must End 'Dirty' Fuel Use - UN 0414.rtf
"Clean Up Your Act," UN Climate Chief Urges Coal Industry 1113.rtf
Pollution Is Affecting Nature of China's Energy Market 1113.rtf
Measuring Longview Terminal's Potential Impact on Climate 1013.rtf
China Wants to Cut Down on Coal - That's Bad for Global Warming 0913.rtf
How Climate Change Could Make Mercury Pollution Worse 0913.rtf
Coal Splutters as China Seeks Breath of Fresh Air 0913.rtf
Cleaner Air from Tackling Climate Change Would Save Millions of Lives 0913.rtf
China to Curb Coal Use to Combat Air Pollution 0913.rtf
Kids Get Smog Day As Pollution Shuts Down China's Harbin 1013.rtf
New Coal-Fired Power Stations in Guangdong Will Kill Thousands 0813.rtf
Burning Coal Shortens Lives in China 0713.rtf
Supreme Court to Hear EPA Appeal on Cross-State Pollution Rule 0613.rtf
Europe's 300 Largest Coal Plants' Emissions Kill 22,300 a Year 0613.rtf
Coal-Fired Plant Emissions Near Beijing Killed 9,900 in 2011 0613.rtf
Coal Burning Exacts Lethal Price in Europe, $55B a Year 0313.rtf
Indian Coal Power Plants Kill 120K a Year 0313.rtf
Beijing Air Pollution Soars to Hazard Level 0113.rtf
Coal's Assault on Human Health 1109.pdf - 64 pp
Hidden Cost of China's Coal = $250B a Year 1008.rtf
Beijing to Shut Coal-Fired Boilers to Clean Up Air 0513.rtf