Tag: air pollution

Health agency calls for more serious efforts to reduce urban air pollution

Every week we are reading more and more about the harmful impact of air pollution. Now health experts in Britain are calling on local authorities to take more active efforts through the use of variable speed limits, removal of speed bumps and ‘no idling’ zones near schools amongst many other recommendations. Kevin Rawlinson provides a … Continue reading Health agency calls for more serious efforts to reduce urban air pollution →

Coming to grips with air pollution in Europe

Air pollution has significant impacts on the health of Europeans, particularly in urban areas, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). While air quality is slowly improving, air pollution remains the single largest environmental health hazard in Europe, resulting in a lower quality of life due to illnesses and an estimated … Continue reading Coming to grips with air pollution in Europe →

How sustainable energy is addressing air quality

Increasingly we are reading about serious air pollution problems. Most recently, New Delhi has been in the news with its terrible air quality concerns. Stefan Jungcurt writes a good article on the International Institute for Sustainable Development SDG Knowledge Hub website on the role that sustainable energy can and should play to address air quality. … Continue reading How sustainable energy is addressing air quality →

“No one can use China as an excuse of not taking action anymore”

With the climate conference starting in Morocco, there is increased interest in better understanding what is happening around the world. By Saša Petricic writes a very good article on Canada’s CBC News website about whether China, the world’s biggest polluter, can bring real change to its smoggy skies.   China goes from red-alert pollution to … Continue reading “No one can use China as an excuse of not taking action anymore” →

Having a bad “air” day can affect financial markets

EiD regularly provides posts concerning the impact of air pollution. Chris Mooney provides an interesting article in the Washington Post on an impact we were not expecting but that should not surprise us. The article reviews a recent study that shows that poor air quality can even affect stock market returns. What do you think? … Continue reading Having a bad “air” day can affect financial markets →

Avoiding the worst health effects of air pollution

The emphasis has to be on a mitigation strategy that reduces air pollution but at the same time we have to sometimes adapt until the transition is complete. Damian Carrington writes in The Guardian about an inexpensive over-the-counter inhaler that could help millions of people avoid worst health effects of breathing toxic air.   New … Continue reading Avoiding the worst health effects of air pollution →

Vehicles are polluting in more ways than simply emissions

Maybe it is because of the recent Volkswagen emissions enforcement scandal but our focus has been on unnecessary emissions and their impact. Gary Fuller writes a good article in The Guardian that some wear-particles from brakes and tyres are small enough to be inhaled, and the increase in wear-particles can outweigh the benefits of improvements … Continue reading Vehicles are polluting in more ways than simply emissions →

The growing impact of air pollution

EiD over the years has had many posts relating to the problems from air pollution. Now a new World Bank report documents the impact. John Vidal writes in The Guardian that air pollution costs the world trillions of dollars a year and severely impedes development in many countries   Air pollution costs trillions and holds … Continue reading The growing impact of air pollution →

New IEA report gives some stark warnings about impact of air pollution

Recently the International Energy Agency came out with an important report on energy and air pollution. This is timely as cities and countries tackle this increasingly important issue. Tim Buckley, Director of Energy Finance Studies, Australasia for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, wrote an important analysis of the report on the RenewEconomy … Continue reading New IEA report gives some stark warnings about impact of air pollution →