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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
Despite diplomatic tension, Newsom is going to China to promote cooperation on climate change
“It is difficult to map one-to-one how Chinese pollution policies have reduced greenhouse gas emissions, but it is certainly the case that those policies helped promote the use of renewable energy sources” over more polluting fuel sources, said Christa Hasenkopf, director of the University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute’s annual global air quality assessment.
In the News
October 17, 2023
via NCAR
Christa Hasenkopf: Bringing the Golden Opportunity for Filling PM2.5 Data Gaps into Focus
On October 5, the National Center for Atmospheric Research hosted Christa Hasenkopf, the Director of Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) and Air Quality Programs at EPIC, for a conversation on filling PM2.5 data gaps.
In the News
October 12, 2023
via China Daily
Study: Nation’s pollution fight increasing longevity
China's air pollution level in 2021 was 42.3 percent lower than what it was in 2013, the year before the country launched a "war against pollution", according to the annual Air Quality Life Index report, compiled by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago in late August.
In the News
October 11, 2023
via The Probe
India’s Air Quality Crisis: Why Isn’t the CPCB Revising Its Air Quality Standards?
According to the updated Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), PM2.5 is estimated to reduce an average Indian’s life expectancy by a staggering 5.3 years.
In the News
October 2, 2023
via The Guardian