article thumbnail

UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

Green Car Congress

Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution—six or more times higher than international guidelines set by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO)— according to a new UNICEF report. Cleaner cookstoves can help improve air quality within homes.

Pollution 150
article thumbnail

Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

Green Car Congress

in 2016; (b) Changes in concentrations between 2010 and 2016. In some regions, sand and desert dust, waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution. An open-access paper on the research is published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science. (a)Map a)Map of global PM 2.5 Units for both are ?g/m

Pollution 259
article thumbnail

WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

Green Car Congress

million deaths in 2016, while household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels and technologies caused an estimated 3.8 Since 2016, more than 1000 additional cities have been added to WHO’s database which shows that more countries are measuring and taking action to reduce air pollution than ever before. g/m 3 (for PM 2.5 ).

Pollution 150
article thumbnail

Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

Its wholly interpretive guidelines can be used to approve or disapprove a building, addition or remodel completely on subjective principles. Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. They’re now adopting the guidelines in Torrance based on the guidelines of the state. Next time I’ll bring a tent.

Solar 210
article thumbnail

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop. The electrical system has perhaps 85% excess capacity most of the year which means we are wasting money in excess electric generation and distribution infrastructure and resources. Conclusions.

PHEV 150