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Close to 400 applications from 83 highly-polluted countries with limited open air quality data applied for this year’s call for proposals, representing a deep pool of untapped talent working to drive national-level policy change.

Frank received the prestigious award for his research on the health impacts of the collapse of the vulture population.

Air pollution in Mozambique is moving from being undermeasured to being more systematically and openly tracked, including near real-time sharing from several BLAZE project monitoring sites. Leveraging high-quality data will allow researchers to conduct studies that inform policy and public...

Shaoda Wang, a scholar at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy since 2021, was awarded tenure at the school.

The city of Rio de Janeiro and the Emissions Market Accelerator will work together to develop market-based solutions to address the city’s air pollution while promoting economic development. Such a market would be the first of its kind in South...

A study finds policymakers motivated by what’s politically popular or helpful to certain groups direct funding to certain technologies that are less cost-effective at reducing emissions—doubling the cost of carbon reductions.

Meet the seven graduate students conducting energy and climate research in summer 2026 through EPIC's Bartlett and DRW fellowships.

Our graduating fellows are moving on to prestigious economics PhD placements across the country.

Hear from EPIC's 2025-2026 Bartlett and DRW Fellows about their research and reflections on the program.

Malawi’s first clean air rules are in the works, and mindsets are starting to change thanks to new data on pollution.