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Around Campus·Jan 21, 2026

Trump’s E.P.A. Has Put a Value on Human Life: Zero Dollars

via the New York Times
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.
In The News·Jan 14, 2026

Trump’s EPA is setting the value of human health to $0

via Vox
In this Vox article about the Environmental Protection Agency's new math to favor polluters, author Umair Irfan quotes EPIC's Clean Air Program Director Christa Hasenkopf, who suggests that “one would anticipate that we could see PM 2.5 levels rising across...
News·Jan 14, 2026

Policy Outlook: Geopolitics, Oil, and U.S. Strategy in Venezuela After Maduro

via Harris School of Public Policy
Professors Christopher Blattman, Ryan Kellogg, and Paul Poast joined Senior Lecturer Rebecca Wolfe to discuss Operation Absolute Resolve.
In The News·Jan 14, 2026

Data Centers Won’t Significantly Slow Decarbonization, Insiders Say

via Heatmap
Heatmap surveys experts including Michael Greenstone on the climate impact of data centers.
Around Campus·Jan 9, 2026

What’s next for Venezuela, after U.S. arrest of Maduro?

via UChicago News
EPIC's Ryan Kellogg discusses the state of Venezuela's oil industry with UChicago News.
In The News·Jan 6, 2026

5 things need to happen for Big Oil to return to Venezuela

via CNN
EPIC's Ryan Kellogg talks to CNN about the challenges facing oil production in Venezuela.
In The News·Dec 29, 2025

The climate finance numbers did not add up in 2025

via Mongabay
Global talks on climate finance struggled to keep pace with reality. But in 2025, developing countries intensified their calls for developed countries’ obligations.
In The News·Dec 27, 2025

Breathing death: What Bangladesh must do to tackle air pollution

via The Daily Star
The Daily Stars' op-ed covers air pollution in Bangladesh using the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) data.
In The News·Dec 19, 2025

Could this be the biggest global health ROI you’ve never heard of?

via World Economic Forum
By Christa Hasenkopf Air pollution quietly erases around 6% of global gross domestic product each year, far outweighing the annual growth expected from artificial intelligence, yet receives less than 0.1% of global philanthropy. Data is a common constraint on clean...
In The News·Dec 19, 2025

How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts

via The Guardian
The Guardian highlights the Lab's crop projections and talks with Lab researcher Andrew Hultgren.