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November 27, 2023
via NPR
New Delhi’s deadly smog stirs political turmoil
Christa Hasenkopf is from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago. She says the worst impacts are from the tiny particles in smog. CHRISTA HASENKOPF: You breathe them in. They go into not just your lungs, but they can go into your bloodstream and all over your body and act as a toxin. So it causes strokes and heart attacks. It can cause even things like cognitive decline and certainly issues with fertility.
In the News
November 27, 2023
via CNN
‘An invisible killer’: Beijing cleaned up its toxic air. Why can’t New Delhi?
In the decade since, China has seen its air quality improve dramatically. The country’s pollution levels in 2021 had fallen 42% from 2013, according to a report from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, which praised its “staggering success in combating pollution.”
In the News
November 14, 2023
via China Dialogue
How climate change complicates China’s ‘battle for blue skies’
Air pollution levels in China fell a “remarkable” 42.3% between 2013 and 2021, according to this year’s Air Quality Life Index from the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (EPIC).
In the News
November 11, 2023
States across Indo-Gangetic plains have to work together: US expert
Views expressed by Christa Hasenkopf, Director of Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) and Air Quality Programs at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) - Any solution to air pollution needs an airshed-level approach, as pollution is not restricted to geopolitical boundaries. Only about 40 per cent of Delhi’s pollution is estimated to actually originate from the national Capital, so it’s not possible to solve the problem through Delhi’s efforts alone.
In the News
November 9, 2023
via BBC
Toxic smog chokes Pakistan and shuts cities
According to the Air Quality Life Index produced by the University of Chicago, air pollution shortens people's lives by almost seven years in Pakistan's most polluted regions, including Lahore.
In the News
November 9, 2023
“Air pollution threatens life expectancy — strategies like Gujarat’s pollution market can lower this hazard”
Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, while speaking to Srijana Mitra Das, outlines why air pollution is a manifold threat — and ways to mitigate it.
In the News
November 3, 2023
via The Guardian
Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit
According to this year’s air quality life index, compiled by the University of Chicago’s energy policy institute, the people of Delhi could have their lives shortened by 11.9 years due to the poor air they breathe.
In the News
October 30, 2023
via BBC
Why clean air is a luxury that many can’t afford
One recent study published by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago warned that the lives of residents in India's capital are being cut short by up to 11.9 years compared to if air pollution was reduced to levels recommended by the WHO.
In the News
October 30, 2023
via LA Times