Air Pollution

Household Energy - Let’s Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice 0222 - 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 - up to 11,000 deaths a year

Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People 0122

Living near Fracking Wells Linked to Early Death 0122

Lower Vehicle Emissions Linked to Significant Drop in US Air Pollution Deaths 1221

Fuel Price Spikes, Covid Recovery May Push Clean Cooking Goals Out of Reach 1121 - 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

Wildfire Smoke Kills People in Cities Far from Fires 0921

Exposure to Air Pollution below Legal Limits Still Linked to Premature Deaths 0921 - 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 (5 in India, Nepal)

Reducing Carbon Emissions & Air Pollution Benefits the Global Economy 0821 - much of benefits soon are from reducing air pollutions deaths

Pristine Lake Tahoe Shrouded in Smoke from Threatening Fire 0821

Residents in Part of Northern California Warned to Stay Indoors due to Smoke from Massive Wildfires 0821

India’s Poor Face Much Higher Risk of Dying from Air Pollution than the Rich 0721

Wildfire Smoke Wiped Out U.S. Pandemic-Related Clean Air Gains in 2020 - 0321

California’s Wildfire Smoke Could Be More Harmful than Vehicle Emissions 0321

Trump’s Environmental Policies Killed 1,000s of People 0221 - 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 - about 1 in 7 deaths. Used more geographically detaled data than previous studies

Wildfires Having Devastating Effect on Air Quality in Western US 0121

Clean Energy Could Save American Lives to Tune of $700 Billion per Year 1122 130 mcg/cu m is unhealthy. The dark areas sometimes have 3-4 times that concentration and occasionally higher.

Dramatic Rise in Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline in US Air Quality for Millions 0922

Plastic Pollution Accelerating the Effects of Climate Change in Canada’s Arctic 0522

2017-2020 Articles

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

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

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

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

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

Coal Generation Kills 800 a Year in Australia 0820

Air Pollution Is Much Worse than We Thought 0820 - 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 - cleaner air from fewer fossil fuels burned

Northeast US Climate Initiative, RGGI, Has Made Children Healthier 0720

Intense Arctic Wildfires Set a Pollution Record 0720

Smog Caused 49,000 Deaths in Beijing, Shanghai in 2020, More Elsewhere 0720

Climate Change Fuels U.S. Dust Storms, with Dire Health Consequences 0720

Wildfires Are Taking an Unexpectedly Huge Toll on America’s Lungs 0620

South Asia’s Twin Threat - Extreme Heat and Foul Air 0520

Clean Air in Europe during Lockdown ‘Leads to 11,000 Fewer Deaths’ 0420

As Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Our Skies Are Clearing 0420

Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down for Coronavirus 0320

Heat Waves in 2019 Led to Almost 900 Extra Deaths in England 0120

Shuttering US Coal Plants Saved 26,000 Lives over a Decade 0120

Australian Fires Pushed Sydney's Air Quality 12 x Above 'Hazardous' Levels 1219

Wildfires Are Getting Worse. So Is the Deadly Smoke They Bring with Them 1219

Renewables Could Be a Health Boon for Great Lakes, Upper Midwest Regions 1019

Cleaning Up China's Dirty Air Would Give Solar Energy a Huge Boost 0719

Due to Wildfires, California Now Has the Most Polluted Cities in the World 1118

Wildfire Smoke Chokes Out Large Swath of Alberta 0818

‘Serious Health Effects' of Wildfire Smoke across Western US, Warm Experts 0818

Choking on Beijing's Clean Air Costs 1217 - 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 - Cut sulfur 80% in diesel, gasoline in 2018.

Change in the Air 1117 - 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 - health impacts of smoke inhalation from recent US forest fires

Pollution Linked to 9 Million Deaths Worldwide in 2015 - 1017

Napa Fires Make San Francisco Air Worse than Beijing 1017

Air Pollution Kills Half a Million People a Year in Europe, EU Agency Reports 1017

China's Northern Cities Face Soot-Free Winter with Gas Revolution 1017

Extreme Wildfires Could Lead to Long-Term Lung Damage in the US 0917

How Much of Your Life Air Pollution Steals from You, Based on Where You Live 0917 - 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

Air Pollution Deaths Expected to Rise because of Climate Change 0717

Medical Experts Say Lending to Adani Is the Same as Supporting Big Tobacco 0617

Coal to Solar Switch Could Save 52,000 US Lives per Year 0617

Bangladesh Coal Plant Could Cause 6,000 Early Deaths 0517

Myanmar Coal Plant Growth Could Kill 280,000 - 0517

Converting Coal Would Help China's Smog at Climate's Expense 0417

Climate Change 'Makes Deadly China Pollution Worse' 0317

‘Airpocalypse’ Smog Events in China Linked to Melting Ice Cap 0317

Push for Diesel Leaves London Gasping Amid Record Pollution 0217

Warmer World Is Making China’s Smog Woes Even Worse 0217

City of Beijing Vows 30% Cut in Coal Use in 2017, to Fight Smog 0217