Handpicked stories for people who care about clean air.
š Hello there!
Itās Amrit again after a couple month hiatus. Some of you may be wondering if David Blaine made me vanish? :) Lifeās been a rollercoaster - many highs and many lows.Ā But today weāre back with Oxygen Mag.
I believe that clean air is a basic human right, and itās going to take a metaphorical village to tackle this global challenge of air pollution. Thatās why my Oxygen Mag is your Oxygen Mag.Ā
Unlike the āpea soupā of 19th-century London, the āairpocalypseā of modern Beijing and the āgas chamberā of the Delhi region are recognized as drags on economic growth. NEW YORK TIMES.
The 2018Ā Environmental Performance IndexĀ (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. TheĀ report ranks 180 countries on a scale of Switzerland (best) to Burundi (worst), you can see where your country ranks. Guess where India is? REPORT.
Failure to check air pollution, India ranked 177 out of 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Indexās latest rankings released on Tuesday in Davos. SHABAASH.
āAir pollution is one of the great killers of our age" If you want to learn what air pollution is and why it is so deadly, please read this piece. Itās a thorough and easy to read story.Ā MOTHER JONES.
Vehicles measuring fine dust pollution levels will be stationed on alpine ski slopes in Jeongseon County and at a thermoelectric power plant in Gangneung. WINTER OLYMPICS.
Trump has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to review fuel efficiency standards that were a key plank of Barack Obamaās effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. SAD.
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