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In the News
December 13, 2023
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December 13, 2023
via China Dialogue
New air pollution control plan released
Between 2013 and 2021, China’s air pollution levels fell 42.3%, according to this year’s Air Quality Life Index from the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute.
In the News
December 6, 2023
via NPR
Can anything stop the toxic smog of New Delhi?
It's hard to viscerally understand and connect that someone's illness is caused by, or exacerbated by, pollution. I think that's made it very, very difficult to develop policy and enforce policies to get rid of it," says Christa Hasenkopf, Director of Clean Air Programs at EPIC.
In the News
December 6, 2023
via HRW
Pakistan’s Air Pollution Shortens Lives
According to the Air Quality Life Index, air pollution in Pakistan shortens average life expectancy by 3.9 years.
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