I help cities address #airquality & #climatechange. Fmr manager of @CleanAirCAC. Fmr @EPA & PM of @NASA @SpaceApps. #EJ #citizenscience My views.
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Ethan McMahon retweeted
🏭💨 @WRIafrica will be co-organizing the 3rd edition of the #CleanAirForum this July. #CleanAirForumNairobi will facilitate cross-border collaborations to address #AirPollution.
🗓️ 15-17 July
📍 Nairobi 🇰🇪
Join the Forum! submit your session proposal: bit.ly/4hSgtC8
Ethan McMahon retweeted
In Illinois, we are advancing the Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill.
We also have our eyes on what’s happening at the federal level, thanks to @RepPaulTonko and @RepBrianFitz. Their bipartisan bill would improve air quality in schools.
Ethan McMahon retweeted
𝗘𝗥𝗜'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (ratios approximate)
1 solutions-focused org
1 sustainability-minded local govt
1 student with a passion for spurring positive change
Mix and marinate over the course of 10 weeks.
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Ethan McMahon retweeted
Covering the deathwatch around whether Biden survives as a candidate, while ignoring the fact that this is truly an existential election, less about Biden and Trump, and more about whether our democracy survives , is simply not what mainstream press, much less everybody else, should make as their singular focal point. Don’t ignore it but please, please get a grip and make your focus what really matters. End
Read these findings from monitoring air quality for a year. The city is Indore, India, but the results can be applicable to many other cities in the world. They learned about pollution sources, the effect of wind and variations during the year and by time of day.
The Catalyst Indore team supported the local government to install #airquality monitors throughout Indore last year. Check out the first analysis on the AQ data collected since then.
Read the 6 initial insights 🔗 bit.ly/3yCFIGK
Ethan McMahon retweeted
Air pollution isn't just a health issue; it's an economic one too. Check out this @SCMPNews article discussing lessons from China that can be applied to India in terms of AQ & economic growth. Our Head of Global Health, Pallavi Pant, was interviewed.
🔗: tinyurl.com/2p9rdhpb
Watch this short video about Kibera, a large slum in Nairobi. The impacts of flooding add to their already-hard lives. Wishing a fast recovery. #Kenya
"...Toka Enkare Nairobi,
hali ya hewa sahii ni nare Nairobi
Si ajabu mafuriko kuacha wenyeji bila makazi Kibera
na kiangazi kufanya keja kushika nare Nairobi..."
Our animation film #Kibera streaming on YouTube!👇🏿
youtu.be/RShv1kv6Dy4?si=Sw1a…
#Floods #AfricaUnMuted #ClimateChange
I’m looking forward to hearing your ideas next week.
Looking forward to presenting at #ASIC2024 on low-cost AQ sensors & environmental justice, as part of the session "Building the case for change by combining sensor data with other evidence bases" chaired by @mcmahoneth, @Rehema1234, & @albertpresto
asic.aqrc.ucdavis.edu/2024-s… #AQRC
Ethan McMahon retweeted
Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room.
Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter.
Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.
Check out this conference that addresses both #airquality and #climate. You can even livestream it. 21-23 February.
The countdown begins!
We're 8 days away from the Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024 at the @UNEP HQ in Nairobi.
You can't make it in person? No problem! Subscribe to our live stream and join the discussions from anywhere in the world. youtube.com/watch?v=aspJFt2L…
Ethan McMahon retweeted
Did you know?
Lichen survived 18 months attached to outside of International Space Station.
When lichens were attached to the outside of the International Space Station for 18 months they survived the vacuum of space, no water, extreme temperatures and the full onslaught of radiation and ultraviolet rays from the sun, and carried on photosynthesising.
In fact, lichens can cope with radiation 12,000 times the lethal dose for humans and still carry on photosynthesising, although their reproduction can be harmed. However, bacteria given the same treatment died. There is even a thought that life on Earth, or any other planet, could conceivably have been spread through space by lichens hitching a ride on meteorites, comets or asteroids.
Join this webinar by @HEIresearch for promoting integrated action on air pollution, energy, and climate in East Africa. January 31 at 7:00 AM (EST) / 3:00 PM (EAT) #airquality
Join us tomorrow for our final webinar in a 4-part series on #AirPollution & health in East Africa!
The webinar will explore the multiple benefits of pollution prevention in the context of competing priorities.
⏰ 3 PM EAT | 7 AM EST
Register ➡️ bit.ly/44B2c5a
ALT White and red graphic that reads: East Africa Webinar Webinar 4: Opportunities for promoting integrated action on air pollution, energy, and climate in East Africa Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024 3:00PM (EAT) / 7:00AM (EST) Register Now The HEI and State of Global Air logos are in the bottom right corner of the graphic below an image of blue skies.
Register today for the Air Sensors International Conference 2024. It's a great opportunity that will be held on April 30 to May 3 in Riverside, CA and online. Early bird registration ends on January 31. asic.aqrc.ucdavis.edu/2024-r… #airquality
Join our Technical Program Committee at the #ASIC2024 conference in #RiversideCA this spring! Submit your abstracts to our website here by November 30th: asic.aqrc.ucdavis.edu/confer…
@SDSU @USC @csudh @Aclima @NASA
#airquality #airpollution #climatechange #airsensors #sensornetworks
What happened at #COP28? What does it mean for the future of #Climate policy around the world? Join @theNASEM on 1/18 at 3pm ET for #ClimateConversations to learn more: events.nationalacademies.org…
Study confirms coal dust in the air in Curtis Bay community. Also read about the explosion at the CSX coal terminal in December 2021. wmar2news.com/local/study-co…
Local coverage of the study about coal dust in Curtis Bay via @baltimoresun (note: paywall to view the article)
Curtis Bay residents ask state to shut down South Baltimore CSX facility after study documents toll of coal dust baltimoresun.com/2023/12/14/… @CChristine19 @DillonMullan
Evidence of coal dust in Curtis Point in Baltimore. What action will result from this report?
NEWS RELEASE: New Scientific Study Confirms Airborne Coal Dust in Curtis Bay Community. Full release at tinyurl.com/22a48tvh Read the study at tinyurl.com/dwjs6mjw
Article about Curtis Bay and coal dust. Let's see some action
A scientific study released Thursday confirms the presence of coal dust in the air of the South Baltimore community of Curtis Bay.
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Coal dust in Curtis Bay in Baltimore. Live tweeting from @CleanWaterMD
BREAKING NEWS: Today, @BaltimoreSouth, @CommunityCurtis, & partners published their new report that supports resident’s longstanding concerns about coal dust. Read the report here: ilovecurtisbay.com/environme…
And we'll be livetweeting below: 🧵
ALT Cover page of the linked report. "Collaborative investigation of Coal Dust, Air Pollution and Health Concerns in Curtis Bay, South Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2022-2023." An aerial picture of Curtis Bay showing the neighborhood across the street from the coal terminal. "Collaborative partners: Community of Curtis Bay Association, South Baltimore Community Land Trust, Mt Winans Community Association, SB7 Coalition; Air and Radiation Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment; Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland."
More details about the community meeting about Curtis Bay and coal dust via @BaltimoreBanner
A new report sponsored by @MDEnvironment validates what residents in Curtis Bay have been saying for a very long time: That dust on their homes is coal.
Regulators are considering a new permit for the CSX coal piers, its first since the 2021 explosion thebaltimorebanner.com/polit…
