Major concerns about air quality in India

We are reading too many stories about air pollution and the devastating effects it is having globally. Well, we must continue to hear more because only then will it dawn on us that something serious needs to be done. Gayathri Vaidyanathan writes on the National Observer website about the impact in India’s industrial north. … Continue reading Major concerns about air quality in India →

Dieselgate goes global and Africa pays the price

Sophie Mbugua writes a good article on the Deutsche Welle website about how industrialised countries are sending their used and unwanted diesel vehicles to Africa with serious air quality implications. For starters, there is a need for African countries to improve their environmental regulations and ensure good enforcement. Is Africa becoming the world's dumping … Continue reading Dieselgate goes global and Africa pays the price →

Blog from Sophie Shnapp: New London toxic cruise port creates pollution hotspot

This year, 36 enormous cruise ship hotels will be moored on the Thames in London between Greenwich and Tower Bridge, some for several days at a time, each burning thick diesel and belching out poisonous fumes. The toxic fumes from these cruise liners exacerbate London’s existing deadly pollution levels. Air pollution alone leads to 9,500 … Continue reading Blog from Sophie Shnapp: New London toxic cruise port creates pollution hotspot →

Urban air quality in India is no longer a seasonal problem

Chetan Chauhan writes on the Hindustan Times website about the worsening air pollution in India. Furthermore, the periodicity and duration of dry spells in the country, which is leading to the dust storms, are rising as total rainfall events reduce – a direct consequence of climate change and global warming. Choke on the new … Continue reading Urban air quality in India is no longer a seasonal problem →

Ports reacting to pollution from cruise ships

Angelique Chrisafis provides the latest developments in an article in The Guardian to restrict the endless cruise ships visiting Marseille. Shipping is estimated to account for 10% of city’s air pollution, and campaigners are targeting cruise industry in particular. I don’t want ships to kill me': Marseille fights cruise liner pollution From his balcony … Continue reading Ports reacting to pollution from cruise ships →

Small changes in our daily routines can significantly reduce our exposure to air pollution

Interestingly, people’s exposure to pollution can vary greatly between people living on the same street, or even the same house. Johanna Buechler, Air Quality Policy Researcher at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Research Associate at University College London explains in an article on The Conversation website how even a small change in … Continue reading Small changes in our daily routines can significantly reduce our exposure to air pollution →

International investigation into mysterious source of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical now destroying the ozone layer

Scientists are raising a concern that someone is currently making a banned chemical that is destroying the ozone layer. Chris Mooney explains latest developments in an article on The Washington Post website. Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect Emissions of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical are on the … Continue reading International investigation into mysterious source of a banned, ozone-depleting chemical now destroying the ozone layer →

Understanding why air pollution affects quality of life

Richard E. Peltier, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst explains in an article on The Conversation website in a straightforward manner why air pollution affects all of us and not even necessarily in the most polluted cities of the world. Is air pollution making you sick? 4 questions … Continue reading Understanding why air pollution affects quality of life →

New Delhi named most polluted megacity

Annie Gowen writes in The Washington Post about the level of pollution in the world’s megacities. The worst one is New Delhi. The importance of this article is not to name and shame the most polluting but to show that there are approaches, as we are now seeing in China, that can make significant improvements. … Continue reading New Delhi named most polluted megacity →

Stunning improvements in urban air quality in American cities starting to slow and in danger of reversing

Oliver Milman provides an important article in The Guardian about the current situation in the United States relating to climate change, urban air quality and the low-carbon energy transition. Readers will be amazed to know the gains that have been made in the US in recent decades. They will also be concerned that those gains … Continue reading Stunning improvements in urban air quality in American cities starting to slow and in danger of reversing →