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September 25, 2023
In the News
December 6, 2023
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In the News
December 6, 2023
via BNN Bloomberg
How China Cleaned Its Filthy Air While India Continues to Choke
Air pollution declined 42.3% between 2013 and 2021, according to EPIC.
AQLI News
December 4, 2023
New AQLI Leadership Underscores Mission to Strengthen Data-Driven Air Quality Policy
Tanushree Ganguly, whose career has focused on supporting local communities to reduce air pollution, is the new director for the Air Quality Life Index as Christa Hasenkopf’s role expands.
AQLI News
November 29, 2023
Christa Hasenkopf on Air Quality Data Gaps
Christa Hasenkopf, Director of Air Quality Programs at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago joined the Rachel Carson Center in Munich to discuss current issues of air pollution around the globe.
AQLI News
November 29, 2023
EPIC at the 2023 Better Air Quality Conference
In mid-November, EPIC participated in the Better Air Quality Conference in Manila, Philippines.
In the News
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