9 million deaths per year due to pollution!
Tabs: Environmental engineer, pollution, air pollution, water pollution, Lancet Commission, premature death, soil toxicity, pollution-related death, Workplace pollution, lead pollution, pesticides,
The situation “threatens the continuing survival of human societies”
A smog free tower purifies polluted air and turns it into jewelry
The ‘green’ appliance which turns human-created carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into gemstones
This device turns smog into art
An MIT startup made a simple device that captures air pollution and converts it into ink
What the new ‘Air Quality Atlas for Europe’ reveals
The sources and levels of air pollution in Europe have been mapped
Vertical gardens in Mexico City to combat pollution
‘Via Verde’ project is turning the pillars of a busy motorway green
Google Street View cars used for high-resolution air pollution mapping
This new approach towards urban air pollution mapping offers much greater spatial precision in comparison to current monitoring methods
World-first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
Its aim is to capture 1% of global CO2 emissions by 2025
This artificial tree captures air pollutants 275 times more efficiently than a normal one
It was developed by a German start-up in order to fight air pollution
First US electric highway for trucks opens in California
The technology has the potential to reduce emissions and improve air quality
The world’s first ‘forest city’ in China joins the fight against air pollution
The plan calls for terraced buildings with almost a million plants and 40,000 trees that will annually absorb almost 10,000 tons of CO2
