AQLI News
November 19, 2018
In the News
December 7, 2018
via The Economist
In the News
December 7, 2018
via The Wire
Ignoring Air Pollution Is Justice Denied
An Op-Ed urging further action on air pollution in India cites data from EPIC's AQLI report.
In the News
December 7, 2018
Poor air quality is lowering life expectancy in SW Ontario
Using EPIC's AQLI, a Canadian outlet examines air quality in the country, with a focus on Ontario.
In the News
December 6, 2018
via PTI
10 Lakh People Died Due To Air Pollution In India In 2017, Study Shows
On the heels of EPIC's AQLI report, a study in the Lancet Planetary Health journal finds that Delhi recorded the highest levels of exposure to ultra fine particulate matter of any city in India.
In the News
December 6, 2018
via Reuters
India’s polluted air claimed 1.24 million lives in 2017 – study
Reuters cites EPIC's AQLI report in a story on a new study that calculated the number of lives lost to air pollution in India in 2017.
In the News
December 2, 2018
via Deseret News
U.S. pollution reductions have prolonged lives by 1.5 years, study finds
Deseret News reports on how AQLI helps visualize increases in life expectancy compared to 1970.
In the News
November 30, 2018
via Evening Standard
Tesco, Volkswagen and Pod Point join forces to provide electric chargers in car parks
Evening Standard reports on how AQLI findings give ground for Tesco and Volkswagen's newest electric chargers
In the News
November 28, 2018
US economist says air pollution makes lives shorter by 8 years in Rohtak
Noted US economist Michael Greenstone on Tuesday has said a person staying in Rohtak could live up to eight years longer if the air quality was kept within the standards prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). He said air pollution was a bigger threat to life than smoking and drug abuse but its long-term impact were often ignored
In the News
November 28, 2018
via The Hindu
‘Most people unaware of true cost of pollution’
A person living in Rohtak could live up to eight years longer if the air quality was kept within the standards prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO), said Michael Greenstone, noted economist and director, Energy Policy Institute, University of Chicago, on Tuesday.
In the News
November 28, 2018
via Green News
Transport and solid fuels remain main source of air pollution
The EPA’s Annual Air Quality Report indicates that Ireland’s air quality has an adverse influence on people’s health with high levels of particulate matter a key concern. Particulate matter pollution is believed to be the deadliest form of air pollution due to its ability to penetrate the lungs and filter into our bloodstream.
In the News
November 28, 2018
Air pollution shortening life, time to act: US economist
Air pollution has become a big threat to the humankind and is more harmful for health than smoking, consumption of alcohol and drug abuse. Pollution is shortening the life expectancy of human beings and it is high time that governments and communities across the globe pull up their socks and act to minimise it.
In the News
November 27, 2018
via The Health Site
Living in a polluted city can reduce your lifespan by over 4 years: Study
People in India would live an average 4.3 years longer if the country met the global guidelines for particulate pollution.
In the News
November 26, 2018
via The Guardian
Climate report Trump tried to bury: key findings No 1 – air pollution kills
In the News
November 26, 2018
via Yahoo News
‘Indians Lose Over Four Years of Their Lives to Air Pollution’
According to the new Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), developed by researchers at University of Chicago in the US, particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person.
In the News
November 26, 2018
Experts warn air pollution affects life expectancy worse than smoking, terrorism
Researchers say there is little people can do to protect themselves from the air they breathe.
In the News
November 23, 2018
The clock is ticking
Fighting pollution must be a concerted effort by every citizen. Otherwise, it shall remain a matter of academic and media discourse
In the News
November 22, 2018
via Evening Standard
Air pollution ‘reduces life expectancy by two years’, report finds
Evening Standard brings out key findings from AQLI
In the News
November 22, 2018
via The Ecologist
Air pollution now ‘largest health crisis’
Air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels by vehicles and industry reduces lives by two years on average, according to research from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
In the News
November 21, 2018
via The New Republic
Wildfire Smoke Could Shorten Californian Lifespans
The New Republic forewarns the impact of particulate matter and increasing wildfires on the life expectancy of Californians
In the News
November 21, 2018
via Pulse
Koreans could live 1.4 years longer if not for fine dust, US study
Pulse identifies potential additions to lifespan if WHO guidelines are met in Korea
In the News
November 21, 2018
via NDTV
Delhi’s ‘Deadly’ Air Cuts Life Expectancy By 10 Years: Study
EPIC-India Executive Director Ken Lee joins NDTV's prime-time news slot to explain the dramatic findings of EPIC's AQLI, particularly as it relates to the impact of air pollution on Indians.
In the News
November 21, 2018
via Vox
Breathing dirty air takes years off people’s lives. This tool shows just how much.
Vox reports on the AQLI.
November 21, 2018
Air pollution can take a decade off your life expectancy
In the News
November 21, 2018
via Kenyanks
Air Pollution Overtakes HIV/AIDS, Cigarette Smoking as Top Killers – Research
Kenyans reports on EPIC's AQLI
In the News
November 20, 2018
via DNA India
Delhi: Clean air will add 10 years to your life, study reveals
DNA India brings attention to AQLI's findings on India's particulate pollution and its main sources
In the News
November 20, 2018
Artificial rain to curb Delhi pollution? Government weighing option to fight worsening air condition
Financial Express references AQLI study in discussions of cloud seeding
In the News
November 20, 2018
via Engineering and Technology
Global lifespans being cut by 1.8 years due to air pollution
Air pollution is reducing global lifespans by an average of 1.8 years, according to the University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index (AQLI).
In the News
November 20, 2018
via The Guardian
Air pollution cuts two years off global average lifespan, says study
EPIC's analysis finds toxic air trims lifespans by 1.8 years, making it main threat to human health
In the News
November 20, 2018
via Axios
Air pollution reduces average life expectancy by 2 years
With a focus on poor air quality in California from wildfires and air pollution in the U.S. in general, Axios Science Editor Andrew Freedman details the major points of EPIC's AQLI findings.
In the News
November 20, 2018
How many years do we lose to the air we breathe?
The Washington Post's data visualization team dives into EPIC's AQLI Report.
In the News
November 20, 2018
via The Indian Wire
India Second Most Polluted Country globally; Delhi’s Air Quality Reduced Life Expectancy by 10 Years, Says Study
The Indian Wire summarize key findings from AQLI
In the News
November 20, 2018
via PRI
Air pollution and life expectancy
EPIC Director Michael Greenstone joins PRI's "The World" to discuss the core findings of the Air Quality Life Index
November 20, 2018
Air Pollution Reduces Life Expectancy by Nearly 2 Years, Study Finds
Air pollution driven by the burning of fossil fuels cuts global average life expectancy by nearly two years per person, according to a first-of-its-kind study by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (EPIC).
November 20, 2018
Delhiites’ life expectancy reduced by 10 years due to pollution: report
If air pollution levels in the Capital adhered to World Health Organization (WHO) standards, a typical Delhiite would live 10 years longer, a report released by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute on Monday stated.
In the News
November 20, 2018
India is the World’s Second Most Polluted Country, But Which Asian Country Tops the List?
India is the world’s second most polluted country, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) said in its latest findings. Air quality in the capital city, Delhi, is among the deadliest in the country and the pollution reduced life expectancy of a person by almost 10 years.
In the News
November 20, 2018
Report: Air Pollution Is Deadlier Than Smoking Or War
U.S. researchers have said that air pollution, primarily caused by burning fossil fuels, is the world's top killer over smoking and war.
In the News
November 19, 2018
via Thomas Reuters Foundation News
Deadly air pollution shortens lives by nearly 2 years – researchers
Reuters introduces the AQLI as a one of its kind tool that quantifies the number of years lost due to air pollution
In the News
November 19, 2018
via The Hindu
Delhiites’ life expectancy reduced by 10 years due to pollution: report
The Hindu references key findings of AQLI which shows that life expectancy can increase almost everywhere in the world if air quality met WHO standards
In the News
November 19, 2018
via Daily Mail
Air pollution is shaving YEARS off people’s lives: Some cities could extend lifespans by more than a year if they got air quality under control, study warns
Daily Mail quotes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on AQLI's potential to create policy changes by demonstrating tangible measures of pollution's effects.
In the News
November 19, 2018
Air Pollution Is Deadliest Threat to Human Health, Researchers Say
The Weather Channel highlights EPIC finding that particular matter (PM) air pollution from fossil fuels is deadliest source of pollution
In the News
November 19, 2018
via hindustan times
Air pollution reduces life by 4.3 years, deadlier than smoking and alcohol: Report
The hindustan times references a report co-authored by University of Chicago economists Michael Greenstone and Claire Qing Fan that calls attention to the effect of air pollution on life expectancy
In the News
November 19, 2018
Air pollution cuts average Indian’s life expectancy by over 4 years
The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) quotes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on the importance of incorporating life expectancy into its newly released AQLI
In the News
November 19, 2018
Delhi’s air quality in 2016 decreased life expectancy by 10 years, reveals study
Press Trust of India (PTI) uses EPIC's newly released AQLI to illuminate the causal relationship between air pollution and life expectancy in New Delhi.
In the News
November 19, 2018
via Devdiscourse
New study warns of impact of poor air quality on health of Indians
Devdiscourse describes the most important statistics from the newly released AQLI
In the News
November 19, 2018
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by nearly 2 years, finds new index
The Economic Times introduces the newly released AQLI and quotes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on how the index differentiates itself from other data on air pollution.
In the News
November 19, 2018
via McClatchy DC
Air pollution is shaving years from people’s lives. Where is it claiming the most?
People could add years to their lives in California and other smog-plagued parts of the world if authorities could reduce particulate pollution to levels recommended by the World Health Organization, EPIC's AQLI study finds.
In the News
November 19, 2018
via Marketplace
Study links air pollution to early death
Marketplace's Scott Tong delves into the study by EPIC's Michael Greenstone and co-authors that shows the average person would live about two years longer if their country met the World Health Organization guideline for particulate matter pollution.
AQLI News
November 19, 2018
India Fact Sheet
India is today the world’s second most polluted country. Particulate pollution is so severe that it shortens the average Indian’s life expectancy by more than four years relative to what it would be if World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines were met.
AQLI News
November 19, 2018
United States Fact Sheet
Particulate pollution in the United States declined by 62 percent between 1970 and 2016, increasing life expectancy for the average American by 1.5 years.
AQLI News
November 19, 2018
China Fact Sheet
Over the past two decades, air pollution has emerged as a serious challenge in China. Between 1998 and 2013, a time of historic economic expansion, concentrations of particulate pollution increased by nearly 75 percent on average across the country, rising to more than four times the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safe level. In 2014, however, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declared a “war against pollution,” initiating an ambitious program of pollution reduction that laid out specific targets to improve air quality by the end of 2017.
AQLI News
November 19, 2018
What They’re Saying About AQLI
Current and former government officials, academic experts and environmental advocates all support the AQLI. Here’s a collection of some of their thoughts.
In the News
October 29, 2018
via CNN
More than 90% of world’s children breathe toxic air, report says, as India prepares for most polluted season
CNN quotes EPIC's 2017 study that Delhi residents can live as much as nine years longer if the city met WHO standards.
In the News
October 21, 2018
via Bloomberg
The World’s Fastest-Growing Economy Has the World’s Most Toxic Air
Bloomberg quotes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on the challenges of tackling air pollution in India, citing particulate matter levels from EPIC's AQLI tool.
In the News
October 19, 2018
via Financial Times
Airs and disgraces: how city pollution is killing residents
The Financial Times references findings from EPIC's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) tool, which calculates how air pollution affects life expectancy by location.
In the News
September 6, 2018
via The Wire
The Updated National Clean Air Programme Is Effectively Blind
The Wire references EPIC's research that Indians can live four years longer on average if the nation complied with WHO standards.
In the News
August 13, 2018
via Mirror Now News
Over half billion Indians exposed to hazardous air, Delhiites dying 6 years prematurely
Mirror Now News references findings from EPIC's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) tool, which calculates how air pollution affects life expectancy by location.
In the News
August 13, 2018
Excessive air pollution affects 660 million Indians: Researchers
The New Indian Express refers to EPIC's air quality life index (AQLI), a metric that provides a means to predict the overall reduction in life expectancy caused by living in places with high levels of air pollution, as a tool to help improve air quality.
Analysis
July 19, 2018
China’s Air Pollution Edges Back from the Brink
It is well known that air pollution is harmful to human health. What is much less known is how it specifically affects people over the long term. China’s Huai River policy, which dispensed free coal to northern China for winter heating, has inadvertently revealed to us that air pollution literally shaves years off our lives. But China has made considerable progress in confronting this pollution, writes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone.
In the News
June 16, 2018
via Times of India
Surat’s Air Pollution at Hazardous Levels
EPIC's AQLI tool is cited in a story about high levels of particulate matter in Surat, India.
Analysis
June 13, 2018
Delhi air pollution hits hazardous levels, but it’s not the capital’s problem alone
Santosh Harish, Associate Director - Research for EPIC-India, dispels three myths about air pollution in India and explains the research and science behind AQLI.
In the News
April 18, 2018
China fights big smog with big air purifier
The Straits Times quote a University of Chicago study from 2017 that air pollution in northern China had cut life expectancy by three years compared with the south of the country.
In the News
April 16, 2018
via Marketplace
U.S. businesses worried over Chinese policy initiative
Marketplace references EPIC Director Michael Greenstone's report on government management of air quality.
In the News
April 9, 2018
via Radio Free Asia
China Cuts Smog but Burns More Coal
Radio Free Asia quotes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone's comment on China's war on pollution
In the News
March 30, 2018
via The Guardian
China ‘environment census’ reveals 50% rise in pollution sources
The Guardian cites EPIC Director Michael Greenstone's research on air pollution in China's densest cities.
In the News
March 29, 2018
via Xinhuanet
Further pollution reduction necessary in China: UChicago professor
Xinhuanet interviews EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on China's success in reducing air pollution
In the News
March 26, 2018
via Global Times
US needs to wake up to China’s environmental protection
Global Times quotes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on China's success in reducing air pollution
In the News
March 17, 2018
via Xinhuanet
China Focus: China makes headway in air pollution control
Xinhuanet references EPIC Director Michael Greenstone's study that declines in air pollution can extend resident lifespans.
In the News
March 17, 2018
via CNN
Xi Jinping Is Making Sweeping Changes To How China Is Run
CNN cites a University of Chicago study on China's progress in its war on pollution.
In the News
March 13, 2018
via Xinhuanet
China’s war on pollution winning: report
Xinhuanet refers to research done by University of Chicago professors including EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on China's concentrations of fine particulates.
In the News
March 13, 2018
via Quartz
Research shows China’s war on pollution will give some people an extra five years of life
Quartz quotes EPIC's report on the association between air quality and life expectancy.
In the News
March 12, 2018
via EPIC News
China Declared a War on Pollution and Four Years Later It’s Winning
Residents would see their lifespans extended by 2.4 years if pollution reductions are sustained, new analysis shows.
Analysis
March 12, 2018
Four Years After Declaring War on Pollution, China Is Winning
Four years after declaring war on pollution, the data is in: China is winning, at record pace, writes EPIC Director Michael Greenstone in The New York Times.
AQLI News
March 12, 2018
via EPIC
China Declared a War on Pollution and Four Years Later It’s Winning
Residents would see their lifespans extended by 2.4 years if pollution reductions are sustained, new analysis shows.
In the News
November 23, 2017
via Times Now News
Delhi Pollution: This MAP shows how polluted air cuts years off your life
India can add four years to the average life of people by just meeting the international air-quality standards, according to a study released by the Energy Policy Institute at The University of Chicago.
Analysis
November 20, 2017
via Forbes
Delhi’s Deadly Air: How India Is Falling Short On Fighting Pollution
Santosh Harish, associate director-research at EPIC-India, examines India's struggles to reduce air pollution while citing data from AQLI.
In the News
November 13, 2017
via Gulf News
Toxic smog shrouding New Delhi draws attention
Gulf News cites EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on the impact of air pollution on life expectancy.
In the News
November 13, 2017
There is something in the air
The Indian Express references EPIC's AQLI tool that shows the relationship between reducing air pollution and increasing life expectancy.
November 12, 2017
Delhi’s air pollution is triggering a health crisis
The concentration of the most dangerous particulates in the air - the microscopic PM2.5 particles that can travel deep into your lungs and damage them - has climbed to more than 700 micrograms per cubic metre in parts of Delhi. Air Quality Index (AQI) recordings have consistently hit the maximum of 999.
October 27, 2017
Breathing is hazardous to health
Kathmandu’s poor air quality has become so serious that with the onset of winter there is growing public outrage about its health implications. Findings released this week by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago add further proof that air pollution is emerging as the world’s single largest environmental health threat – and Asian countries are most at risk.
October 25, 2017
China Shutters Factories, Sends Out Inspection Teams in Renewed Fight Against Smog
A recent University of Chicago study found that residents of northern China can expect to lose three years from their lifespan compared with compatriots in the south, where there is less heavy industry and central heating.
October 25, 2017
‘Better air quality can lengthen your lifespan’
If India reduced its air pollution to comply with the WHO air quality standard, its people could live about four years longer on average, or a combined more than 4.7 billion life years. This is as per projections of the Air Quality-Life Index (AQLI) brought out by the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) at the University of Chicago.
September 23, 2017
via India Samvad
दिल्ली की हवा को प्रदूषण मुक्त किया जाए तो 9 साल बढ़ सकती है लोगों की उम्र : रिपोर्ट
In the News
September 17, 2017
Faulty pollution norms cut people’s life span in Hyderabad
The Deccan Chronicle references findings from EPIC's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) tool, which calculates how air pollution affects life expectancy by location.
September 15, 2017
People in Smog-Hit Northern China Die Three Years Younger: Study
Co-author Michael Greenstone, who heads the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, said particulates are "the greatest current environmental risk to human health, with the impact on life expectancy in many parts of the world similar to the effects of every man, woman, and child smoking cigarettes for several decades."
In the News
September 15, 2017
via Financial Times
Financial Times Health News Roundup
The University of Chicago's Air Quality-Life Index allows you to see how much longer you would live if your country reduced pollution to national standards or those of the WHO.
In the News
September 13, 2017
via India Times
Residents In Delhi Can Live Up To Nine Years Longer If Its Air Quality Meets The Standards Set By WHO!
According to the Air Quality Life Index developed by EPIC, Indians could live four years longer on average if the country met World Health Organization's air quality standards.
In the News
September 13, 2017
How clean is the air you breathe?
According to the Air Quality-Life Index, tool developed by the Energy Policy Institute at The University of Chicago, Indians are among the most affected by fine particulate matter concentrations that exceed the World Health Organization’s Air Quality standards.
September 12, 2017
Indians would live four years longer on cleaner air
If India reduced its air pollution to comply with the air quality standard of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Indians could live about four years longer on average, according to a study published on September 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.
September 12, 2017
Smog cuts 3 years off lives in northern China, international study finds
Coal-fired pollution leads to higher rates of illnesses such as lung cancer and stroke but life expectancy gap is narrowing, researchers say
September 12, 2017
via Navodaya Times
अगर WHO के मानकों का किया पालन तो 4 साल अधिक जीवित रह सकते हैं भारतीय
In the News
September 12, 2017
via India Spend
Indians Could Live 4 Years Longer If India Cleaned Its Air To WHO Standards
If India reduced its air pollution to comply with the World Health Organization’s air quality standards, its people could live about four years longer on average, the Air Quality-Life Index released by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago shows.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via NDTV
Delhiites Can Live Longer If the Air Quality Improves: University of Chicago
The University of Chicago's Air Quality Life-Index noted that if WHO's air quality standards are met by India, its population can add about 4 more years to their lifespan.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via Quartz
Delhi residents could live up to nine years longer if the government reduced pollution levels
The Air Quality-Life Index, created by EPIC, calculates how many more years people could live if local governments complied with the World Health Organization’s standards for air pollution.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via CanIndia
Indians can live four extra years if air-quality standards are met
If India met the international air-quality standards, its citizens could live 4 more years, says a study released by the Energy Policy Institute at The University of Chicago.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via Governance Now
Indians would live a lot longer if air quality improves
According to the Air Quality Life Index, developed by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, if India met the WHO’s air quality standard its people could live about 4 years longer on average.
In the News
September 12, 2017
Indians could live longer if air quality improves: Study
The Air Quality Life Index, developed by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, says Indians could live four years longer in average if its air quality meets World Health Organisation's standards.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via DD News
Indians can live 4 years longer if they comply with WHO air standards: Study
Indians could live about four years longer on an average or more than 4.7 billion life years combined if India complied with the World Health Organization's air quality standards, according to EPIC's study on impact of air pollution on life expectancy.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via Hindustan Times
Air pollution in Delhi: Breathing capital’s deadly air is robbing you of 6 years of life
The University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute developed the Air Quality-Life Index, which measures how much poor air quality impacts health.
In the News
September 12, 2017
Indians could live four years longer if air meets WHO norms
If India met the World Health Organisation’s air quality standards, Indians could libe 4 years longer on average, according to the Air Quality-Life Index, tool developed by the Energy Policy Institute at The University of Chicago.
In the News
September 12, 2017
Air pollution: Here is how life of people in India can be extended by 4 years
According to EPIC's study on Air Quality-Life Index, the average life of an Indian could be extended by four years or even more if India is able to reduce air pollution to comply with the World Health Organisation’s standards.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via Newburgh Gazette
Cleaner Air Can Add 4 Years To Your Life
EPIC's study on the impact of air pollution on life expectancy states that Indians, on an average, could live for 4 more years if the air quality standards as prescribed by the World Health Organisation were complied.
In the News
September 12, 2017
via DNA India
Cleaner air will extend life by 4 yrs
Indians could live about four years longer on an average if their country complied with the World Health Organization's (WHO) air quality standards, says an EPIC study.
In the News
September 12, 2017
Living in China Takes 3½ Years Off Your Life
A study done by EPIC found that if China reduced air pollution up to domestic standards, it could extend life expectancy of its residents by more than a year.
September 11, 2017
Pollution Price: 3 years
The people of Calcutta and Mumbai may on average live three years longer with an improvement in air quality to meet World Health Organisation standards, new research suggests. For Delhi residents, the gain could be nine years.
AQLI News
September 11, 2017
via EPIC
Air Pollution Cuts 3 Years Off Lifespans In Northern China
Innovative study finds a well-intentioned home heating policy contributed to higher pollution in Northern China, shaving years off hundreds of millions of lives.
In the News
September 11, 2017
via Quartz
This is how much of your life air pollution is stealing from you based on where you live
Researchers from EPIC developed a tool that shows how many years you'll live on average depending on where you live.
In the News
September 11, 2017
via IB Times
Interactive Map Shows What Air Quality Is Doing To Your Life Expectancy
An interactive graphic developed by EPIC shows how many more years people could live if their countries complied with the World Health Organization's air quality standards.
In the News
September 11, 2017
via Reuters
Northern China smog cuts life expectancy by 3 years versus south: study
According to an EPIC study, average lifespans in Northern China were 3.1 years lower than in the south due to a state heating policy.
June 28, 2017
China’s northern cities face soot-free winter with gas revolution
Air pollution caused by coal-fired winter heating has slashed life expectancy in the north by more than three years compared with the south, according to a recent study by the University of Chicago (EPIC).
June 10, 2017