C&EN – American Chemical Society | Scientists warn that current Air Quality Index (AQI) metrics can underestimate risks after wildfires in urban areas, since hazardous gases and toxic dust from burned materials are not included—highlighting the need to expand monitoring beyond the six regulated pollutants.

Carnegie Mellon University | Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a polymer-coated MXene sensor that lasts over twice as long and more accurately detects harmful formaldehyde indoors, offering a low-cost tool to improve indoor air quality and health.

Georgia Today | Georgia’s National Environment Agency reports that desert dust drifting from the northeast has raised PM10 and PM2.5 levels in Eastern Georgia since late July, prompting continued monitoring and public health advisories.

CBS News | A lightning-sparked Everglades wildfire that merged into a 48,000-acre blaze in western Broward County has been fully contained after a week of firefighting, with smoke impacts easing as air quality returned to safe levels.

Stockholm Environment Institute | A new Science Advances study finds oil and gas air pollution causes over 91,000 premature U.S. deaths annually, with disproportionate impacts on marginalized communities and heavy burdens in states like California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Taylor & Francis Online | A study of 1.66 million dining transactions in Beijing found that higher air pollution reduces in-person dining spending and increases food delivery use, especially among women and graduate students, revealing hidden economic costs of pollution beyond health impacts.

NC DEQ – NC.gov | North Carolina has marked ten consecutive years of meeting all federal air quality standards, a milestone credited to strong policies, cleaner energy, and emission reductions that have delivered major health and economic benefits statewide.

Meetings Coverage and Press Releases – the United Nations | UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies by urging bold global action to cut fossil fuels and pollution, stressing that clean air is achievable through renewable energy, stronger policies, and international cooperation.

Envirotech Online | QuantAQ has unveiled the MODULAIR-UFP, a portable long-term outdoor sensor that precisely measures ultrafine particles using a water-based CPC method, providing real-time data to support research, regulation, and community air quality monitoring.

NBC Bay Area | Smoke from the 6,800-acre Pickett Fire is keeping skies hazy and has triggered an extended air quality advisory for Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties, with officials urging residents to limit smoke exposure and stay indoors.

C&EN – American Chemical Society | Scientists warn that current Air Quality Index (AQI) metrics can underestimate risks after wildfires in urban areas, since hazardous gases and toxic dust from burned materials are not included—highlighting the need to expand monitoring beyond the six regulated pollutants.

Carnegie Mellon University | Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a polymer-coated MXene sensor that lasts over twice as long and more accurately detects harmful formaldehyde indoors, offering a low-cost tool to improve indoor air quality and health.

Georgia Today | Georgia’s National Environment Agency reports that desert dust drifting from the northeast has raised PM10 and PM2.5 levels in Eastern Georgia since late July, prompting continued monitoring and public health advisories.

CBS News | A lightning-sparked Everglades wildfire that merged into a 48,000-acre blaze in western Broward County has been fully contained after a week of firefighting, with smoke impacts easing as air quality returned to safe levels.

Stockholm Environment Institute | A new Science Advances study finds oil and gas air pollution causes over 91,000 premature U.S. deaths annually, with disproportionate impacts on marginalized communities and heavy burdens in states like California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Taylor & Francis Online | A study of 1.66 million dining transactions in Beijing found that higher air pollution reduces in-person dining spending and increases food delivery use, especially among women and graduate students, revealing hidden economic costs of pollution beyond health impacts.

NC DEQ – NC.gov | North Carolina has marked ten consecutive years of meeting all federal air quality standards, a milestone credited to strong policies, cleaner energy, and emission reductions that have delivered major health and economic benefits statewide.

Meetings Coverage and Press Releases – the United Nations | UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies by urging bold global action to cut fossil fuels and pollution, stressing that clean air is achievable through renewable energy, stronger policies, and international cooperation.

Envirotech Online | QuantAQ has unveiled the MODULAIR-UFP, a portable long-term outdoor sensor that precisely measures ultrafine particles using a water-based CPC method, providing real-time data to support research, regulation, and community air quality monitoring.

NBC Bay Area | Smoke from the 6,800-acre Pickett Fire is keeping skies hazy and has triggered an extended air quality advisory for Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties, with officials urging residents to limit smoke exposure and stay indoors.