Good News www.post-gazette.com Study finds that cleaner, healthier air is social distancing side benefit Reduced vehicle and electricity use during stay at home pandemic response cut emissions and reduced unhealthy exposure.
Solutions These 8 maps show the massive drop in smog caused by the coronavirus We could be doing the same thing without the disease and economic devastation.
Causes www.buzzfeednews.com The EPA is using the coronavirus as an excuse to relax rules against big polluters, lawmakers say “This pandemic isn’t an excuse for polluters to ignore the law and for EPA to let them get away with it,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
Causes www.nytimes.com New research links air pollution to higher coronavirus death rates A nationwide study has found that counties with even slightly higher levels of long-term air pollution are seeing larger numbers of Covid-19 deaths.
Causes www.washingtonpost.com Trump administration moves forward with looser air rules as respiratory disease grips U.S. Scientists studying coronavirus are looking at whether pollution increases the risk of infection.
publicintegrity.org A likely but hidden coronavirus risk factor: pollution Air pollution, research shows, lowers our ability to fight off infections. It worsens reactions to viruses in people with health challenges like asthma. And it could have a pernicious effect in a pandemic.
As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
