Shoreline Launches Free E-Bike Program To Fight Air Pollution

by Air Quality News | May 20, 2025 | Headlines

Seattle’s Child | 20 May 2025 | The City of Shoreline has launched “Pedal Forward,” a $670,000 program offering free e-bikes and safety gear to residents in overburdened neighborhoods as part of its Climate Action Plan to cut transportation-related...

These Companies Ranked As Tarrant’s Biggest Air Polluters. Fed Cuts Could Impact Data Collection

by Air Quality News | May 20, 2025 | Headlines

KERA News | 20 May 2025 | New data from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shows that landfills, energy plants, and defense contractors in Tarrant County led emissions of fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide in 2023, raising public health concerns....

Elon Musk Brought ‘The World’s Biggest Supercomputer’ To Memphis. Residents Say They’re Choking On Its Pollution

by Air Quality News | May 20, 2025 | Headlines

CNN | 20 May 2025 | Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has sparked controversy in southwest Memphis, where it installed dozens of gas-powered turbines to fuel a new supercomputer facility without obtaining air permits, raising fears among residents already burdened by...

How NASA Is Advancing Post-Wildfire Air Quality Forecasting

by Air Quality News | May 20, 2025 | Headlines

Envirotech Online | 20 May 2025 | The University of Texas at Arlington is leading a NASA-backed initiative to develop a real-time early warning system for wildfire-related air quality threats, enhancing forecasting and public health responses through satellite data...

Increases In Global Transportation-Induced Air Pollution Mortality And Radiative Forcing During 1990–2019

by Air Quality News | May 20, 2025 | Headlines

Frontiers | 20 May 2025 | From 1990 to 2019, transportation emissions led to global increases in PM2.5 and ozone concentrations by 18% and 19%, respectively, with the sharpest rises occurring in China and South Asia. This resulted in a 105% surge in...

Air Pollution Fuels Artery Damage And Accelerates Heart Disease, Review Finds

by Air Quality News | May 20, 2025 | Headlines

News-Medical.net | 20 May 2025 | A new review in Atherosclerosis highlights how exposure to air pollution—especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5)—contributes to the onset and progression of atherosclerosis through mechanisms like oxidative stress, systemic...