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News / In the News•Sep 01, 2021

Air Pollution is Cutting More Years From People’s Lives than Smoking, War or HIV/AIDS

CNN features EPIC's Air Quality Life Index latest report detailing that countries where air pollution levels are below standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO), people are, on average,...
via CNN
AQLI News / EPIC News•Sep 01, 2021

New Data Shows Strong Air Pollution Policies Lengthen Life Expectancy

The same clean air policies that can reduce fossil fuel emissions and help rein in climate change can also add up to 5 years onto people’s lives in the most...
News / In the News•Sep 01, 2021

Air Pollution is Slashing Years Off the Lives of Billions, Report Finds

Air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to six years, according to a the 2021 AQLI Annual Update.
via The Guardian
News / In the News•Aug 31, 2021

“Heat is the Grim Reaper That No One Can See”: New Report Shows Social and Economic Effects of Record Temps

EPIC's Anant Sudarshan comments on extreme heat's economy-wide consequences in CBS News.
via CBS News
News / EPIC News•Aug 31, 2021

EPIC’s August 2021 News Wrap-Up

News / EPIC News•Aug 30, 2021

Harris Student and EPIC Intern Spent Summer Quantifying Climate Risk

As an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps fellow, Harris Public Policy student Shivani Shukla developed the Climate Risk to Business Tool.
News / In the News•Aug 20, 2021

White House Withholds Support of Democratic Carbon Border Tax

UChicago Law's David Weisbach comments on how a carbon border tax can affect less wealthy Americans if foreign companies raise prices in response to protect profits.
via Reuters
News / In the News•Aug 20, 2021

First-Of-A-Kind Study Shows Fracking Effects on Surface Waters

"Overall, our approach and evidence [suggest] impact. We need more research to evaluate this impact," said co-author Christian Leuz of UChicago Booth on the new study.
via E&E News

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