by AngelHsu | Oct 1, 2014 | Air quality, China
This post originally appeared on China Dialogue. The photo is by Han Zun Zeng on Flickr.com. China’s leaders drafting the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) should remember that targets are only one tool for tackling air pollution. As China’s policymakers mull the...
by AngelHsu | Jun 15, 2014 | Air quality, Data, Data Visualization
(Hsu et al/The Atlantic) View full-screen mapBy Angel Hsu and Alisa Zomer. This post initially appeared on The Atlantic. In March, the World Health Organization estimated that air pollution was responsible for 7 million premature deaths in 2012. That’s one out of...
by AngelHsu | Jun 10, 2014 | Air quality, Apps, China
My friend Yang Chu alerted me to a recent update Meitu, the most popular Chinese photo-editing app, has made. It now includes a “desmog” filter that one can apply to photos to allow an embrace of “blue skies.” I tested the app using several...
by AngelHsu | Mar 27, 2014 | Air quality, China, India
This post originally appeared on Scientific American. It was co-written with Jason Daniel Schwartz. Air pollution kills around 7 million people every year, accounting for one in eight deaths worldwide, according to a report from the World Heath Organization (WHO)...
by AngelHsu | Feb 12, 2014 | Air quality, China
In January, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced the signature of “air pollution control and target responsibility” contracts (大气污染防治目标责任书) that bind all 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China to air...
by AngelHsu | Apr 22, 2013 | Air quality, Sights
Roger Peng, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, recently spoke at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies about his research estimating the health benefits of reducing...
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