• Air

One Less Thing: China’s Air Pollution Thanks to Coronavirus Shutdowns

• China
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• nitrogen-dioxide

NASA released satellite images yesterday that make apparent the impact of the coronavirus on air pollution in China — and the good news is that the factory shutdowns made the air across the entire country of China — particularly over Wuhan — much cleaner.  NASA released a statement explaining that the maps above show concentrations […]

• Air

Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations Emit Much More Methane Than Previously Thought

• carbon
• climate crisis
• emissions
• global warming
• methane gas

CNN and The Guardian reported late last week on a new study published in the journal Nature that concludes that methane emissions from fossil fuels are between 25% and 40% larger than past research had estimated, which means that oil and gas production is contributing roughly half of all greenhouse gas emissions — “far more” to climate change than previously estimated.

Why This Matters:  Methane is about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when looked at over a 20-year period.

• Air

Fossil Fuels Cost the US Economy Billions According to Greenpeace Report

• air pollution
• clean air
• ultrafine particles

According to a new report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, air pollution that’s generated by burning fossil fuels is responsible for approximately 4.5 million premature deaths worldwide every year. The report underscored that, Air pollution increases the incidence of chronic and acute illnesses and contributes to […]

• Air

New Report Finds One-Third of Americans Breathe Dirty Air At Least 3 Months A Year

• air pollution
• air quality
• asthma
• life expectancy
• particulate matter

In 2018, nearly 110 million Americans lived in areas with air quality that was unhealthy for more than 100 days of the year, according to a new report published on Tuesday by Environment America Research & Policy Center, USPIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group.

Why This Matters:  Dirty air negatively impacts’ people’s health and even their life expectancy — as we have often reported here in Our Daily Planet, and air quality in the U.S. is not good enough, despite what the current administration may try to claim.

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PTI – In 2020, Let’s Talk More About Air Pollution

• air pollution
• clean air
• Clean Air Act
• electric vehicles
• Tesla

By Miro Korenha and Monica Medina Pardon the interruption from the constant conversation about the stock market, impeachment and conflict in the Middle East.  We’d like to talk about something completely different.  2020 is the 50th anniversary of the passage of one of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws — the Clean Air Act.  This week […]

• Air

Ships To Become LA’s Biggest Polluters

Ships visiting Southern California’s bustling ports are poised to become the region’s largest source of smog-causing pollutants in the coming years and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) wants to tackle this looming problem.