In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ). Since Continue Reading
Texas oil and gas company Triple Crown discovered it was leaking 20 times more methane than the Environmental Protection Agency estimated after it began a rigorous leak detection program. Source: Continue Reading
Almost every person on the planet is exposed to air pollution that exceeds safe limits, the World Health Organization warned as it launched a new air quality database. Ninety-nine percent Continue Reading
London’s Mayor extended the first air quality warning since August 2020 for another day after pollution levels mushroomed throughout the week. A cocktail of high atmospheric pressure, little wind and Continue Reading
Startlingly large amounts of methane are leaking from wells and pipelines in New Mexico, according to a new analysis of aerial data, suggesting that the oil and gas industry may Continue Reading
Data has historically been sparse on the impact of industrial facilities near tribal land. Although air pollution in the U.S. had been on a steady decline over the last two Continue Reading
Pedestrians in Beijing, which was shrouded in polluted air after a sandstorm in March 2021. Hundreds of millions of people around the world are breathing dirty air that far exceeds Continue Reading
Air pollution costs the Middle East and North Africa about $141 billion a year, or 2% of economic output, according to a World Bank report which urged nations to reform Continue Reading
A potent cloud of the planet-warming greenhouse gas methane was spotted by satellite earlier this month near natural gas pipelines in Iowa. A potent cloud of the planet-warming greenhouse gas Continue Reading
The Chinese capital Beijing met state air quality standards for the first time last year, officials said on Tuesday, a milestone lauded by experts, who also warned that pollution remained Continue Reading
