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News / In the News•Apr 19, 2022

Enough About Climate Change. Air Pollution Is Killing Us Now.

In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Binyamin Appelbaum, notes findings from the AQLI that air pollution cuts 2.2 years off the average human life.
via New York Times
News / In the News•Feb 22, 2022

From ‘Airpocalypse’ to Olympic Blue: China’s Air Quality Transformation

The AQLI finds that if China were to meet the WHO guideline, the country’s citizens would gain another 2.6 years of life expectancy.
via Grid
News / In the News•Feb 20, 2022

How to Clear the Air in the Most Polluted Cities on Earth

The Air Quality Life Index is highlighted in Vox.
via Vox
News / In the News•Feb 16, 2022

China Makes Olympian Effort to Cut Pollution But Remains Short of WHO Standards

Beijing residents are breathing air that is half as polluted as it was during its Summer Olympics according to a new report from the AQLI.
via Financial Times
News / In the News•Feb 08, 2022

EXPLAINER: How China Got Blue Skies in Time for Olympics

A new analysis from the Air Quality Life Index is mentioned in AP.
via AP
News / In the News•Feb 08, 2022

Cleaner Air Means Longer Lives for Beijingers

A new report from the Air Quality Life Index finds a decrease in pollution in China and Beijing.
via Axios
News / In the News•Feb 03, 2022

Beijing Pollution Halved Since Last Olympics

The Hill features a new analysis from the Air Quality Life Index that finds pollution across China has plummeted.
via The Hill
News / In the News•Feb 02, 2022

Blue Skies in China, No Longer Just for the Olympics.

Across all of China, the concentration of extremely small particles was down two-fifths in 2020 compared with 2008, according to a new study from the AQLI.
via New York Times

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