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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...

Heatmap surveys experts including Michael Greenstone on the climate impact of data centers.

EPIC's Ryan Kellogg talks to CNN about the challenges facing oil production in Venezuela.

Global talks on climate finance struggled to keep pace with reality. But in 2025, developing countries intensified their calls for developed countries’ obligations.

The Daily Stars' op-ed covers air pollution in Bangladesh using the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) data.

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...

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

Research across 120 villages finds localised water treatment with home delivery is cost-effective, widely adopted, and offers health benefits even at low prices.

A study by the University of Chicago's EPIC suggests that local treatment and doorstep delivery of water can significantly increase access to clean drinking water in India. This cost-effective method proved more popular than traditional alternatives, providing substantial health benefits...

Localised treatment of water and doorstep delivery is a highly cost-effective way of enabling near universal adoption of clean drinking water in India, according to a new study by the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute.