Air Pollution Could Mean More or Fewer Hurricanes. Depending on where

Global warming can affect hurricanes, in part because a warmer ocean provides more energy to feed them. But that’s not the only factor at play: A study published Wednesday confirms that the effects of particulate air pollution are even greater for the frequency of hurricanes. Over the past four decades, new research shows that declines …

A ‘New Age of Air Pollution’ in the Tropics Could Take a Huge Toll

In many cities, the concentrations of some pollutants decreased while others increased. However, Jakarta, Indonesia was the only country to see a statistically significant improvement in overall air quality as a result of government policies. The improvement is relative as Jakarta still has a serious air pollution problem, but the trends there have pointed to …

How Air Pollution in America Reflects Racist Politics from the 1930s

Urban neighborhoods redrawn by federal authorities in the 1930s tended to have higher levels of harmful air pollution eighty years later. new work He found it by adding a body of evidence that reveals how racist policies in the past have contributed to inequalities in the United States today. In the wake of the Great …

Biden Administration Weakened to Reinstate Mercury Pollution Rules

“Solid science makes it clear that we need to limit mercury and toxins in the air to protect children and vulnerable communities from dangerous pollution,” said EPA administrator Michael Reagan. “The EPA is committed to aggressively reducing pollution from the energy sector so that all people, regardless of zip code or pocket money, can breathe …

Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’

JERUSALEM — When Jerusalem-based artist Beverly Barkat began creating an artwork for the lobby of a building in the new World Trade Center complex overlooking the ground zero in Lower Manhattan, she aimed to find something architecturally specific and impressive, big enough to connect. with space but not big enough to break from the observer. …

India’s Toxic Air Pollution Asks Supreme Court to Take Action

NEW DELHI — A thick veil of toxic fog has descended on New Delhi, India’s capital, burning eyes and lungs, forcing schools to close and sparking calls for action from residents. India’s leaders responded with what has become an annual tradition: pointing fingers at each other. The central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

The ‘Shell Game’: How Chemical Companies Avoid Paying for Pollution

The Crime Change Exercise The processes that created Chemours and reinvented DuPont laid the groundwork for a blame-shifting exercise that made it harder for regulators and others to hold them accountable for decades of pollution in North Carolina and elsewhere. state attorneys general Ohio, New Jersey, New Hampshire, vermont and new York each sued the …