The impact of air pollution on our work environment

We read regularly about how air pollution is affecting our communities and the trends are not good. What we seldom hear, however, is how the air pollution affects employee performance inside our offices. Chris Mooney writes in the Washington Post about the findings from a recent research paper. The hidden toll of air pollution … Continue reading The impact of air pollution on our work environment →

Impact of worsening air pollution

The World Health Organisation came out this week with a major study documenting the impact of worsening air pollution globally. Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis provide a very good article in the Washington Post. What is it like in your city? WHO: Global air pollution is worsening, and poor countries are being hit the … Continue reading Impact of worsening air pollution →

Governments are failing to address the links between air pollution and global warming

Increasingly, we read about the adverse impacts from air pollution. John Vidal argues in The Guardian that the signatories of the recent global climate change have lost sight of the connection with other major environmental concerns. Climate change politics is blinding us to the devastating effects of dirty air It is the greatest environmental … Continue reading Governments are failing to address the links between air pollution and global warming →

The impact of air pollution

Air pollution is discussed more and more. We have read about the impact in cities. We are reading about the impact from aviation and diesel vehicles and on and on. Chelsea Harvey writes a good article in the Washington Post about the impact in the US. It is encouraging that it is improving but there … Continue reading The impact of air pollution →

Exploring the impact of air pollution

Air pollution is known for serious health and climate change impacts. Now, as Chris Mooney writes in the Washington Post, there is a link with violent crime. Researchers just discovered a hidden factor that could be driving violent crimes In a paper published by the National Bureau for Economic Research, two researchers say they … Continue reading Exploring the impact of air pollution →

How to gauge a clean city

At the recent climate conference, cities played a big role, as they should. They are part of the solution but, as we have seen with recent air pollution problems in Delhi and Beijing, they can also be the problems. Conrad de Aenlle provides a good article in the New York Times about the difficulty in … Continue reading How to gauge a clean city →

Reflecting on what Volkswagen’s errors means in human terms

We cannot just take enforcement lapses casually. What Volkswagen did to deceive the enforcement system has serious implications to our health, as discussed by Margot Sanger-Katz and John Schwartz in the New York Times. Assessing the Human Toll of Volkswagen’s Diesel Deception Volkswagen’s diesel deception unleashed tons of extra pollutants in the United States, … Continue reading Reflecting on what Volkswagen’s errors means in human terms →

Tackling air pollution through a tower that sucks in dirty air

We live in an age when technological developments are happening at an ever-rapid pace. Elisabeth Braw writes in The Guardian about a seven metre tall tower that filters dirty air, releasing bubbles of smog free air. The author questions, however, whether this detracts from tackling the causes of air pollution. What do you think? … Continue reading Tackling air pollution through a tower that sucks in dirty air →

Pollution Revolution

Hope you enjoy this excellent graphic that is from Ghergich & Co. together with CustomMade. How to Combat Air Pollution Air pollution has a variety of contributors from stationary sources, like factories and power plants, to natural sources, like forest fires and dust storms. Air pollution has been shown to have a direct link … Continue reading Pollution Revolution →

Impact of proposed new air pollution limits in Europe

Arthur Neslen writes in the Guardian about a new study commissioned by Greenpeace and the European Environment Bureau about concerns that likely weakened air pollution standards that are currently in draft form will have a serious impact in Europe. It would be good if anyone has more information on the likelihood of these plans being … Continue reading Impact of proposed new air pollution limits in Europe →