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☆ I've lived in Delhi my entire life. The toxic smog is suffocating, but I can't bring myself to leave.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Badhwar has lived in Delhi for 40 years and, despite pollution concerns, has not moved out. He told BI he values the melting pot community and family he has in the city. I've lived in Delhi my entire life — for four decades now — and I've seen it grow over the years into the melting pot that it is today. I bought my first air purifier in 2016, when people started talking more and more about the Air Quality Index (AQI). It's a melting pot, and especially after the tech boom in Gurugram, people come from all over the world.

Persons: Badhwar, Varun Badhwar, It's, I've, —, purifier Organizations: Condé Nast Locations: Delhi, Condé, Condé Nast India, New Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Canada, Gurugram

☆ Delhi's 15 times higher than safe toxic smog levels is disrupting lives, says consulting CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementNew Delhi reported severe levels of air pollution this week. Titus Koshy, CEO of United Consultancy Services Group, told BI his employees struggle to commute. Air pollution in India's capital, New Delhi, has become so severe that some people are struggling to commute to work. Titus Koshy, CEO of United Consultancy Services Group which has more than 150 employees, told Business Insider that the toxic smog engulfing the city had made it difficult for his staff to come into the office. AdvertisementA 2019 study by the World Bank estimated the global cost of health damages associated with exposure to air pollution to be $8.1 trillion.

Persons: Smog, Titus Koshy, Koshy, JP Morgan, Shubham Gupta Organizations: United Consultancy Services, BBC, World Health Organization, WHO, United, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Delhi's, KPMG, Cisco, Mondelēz, World Bank Locations: Delhi, New Delhi, United States, KPMG India, NCR

As of last week, nowhere else on the planet has air so hazardous to human health, according to global air quality monitors. By evening it feels like I am lifeless.”Deepak Rajak, whose asthma has worsened in recent weeks, visits a pollution clinic in New Delhi. Anushree Fadnavis/ReutersCommuters step out in a foggy winter morning amid rising air pollution, on November 19, 2024 in Greater Noida, India. But analysts say governments are focusing more on the emergency response rather than sustained efforts to improve air quality. While stubble burning during the winter harvest season exacerbates pollution levels, to solve the crisis, pollution needs to be tackled year-round, Dahiya said.

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☆ Toxic smog covers Indian capital as pollution hits record levels
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI — Residents in India’s northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality on Tuesday, as a layer of dense fog shrouded most of the region, and pollution in the capital, Delhi, remained severe. India battles air pollution every winter as cold, heavy air traps dust, emissions and smoke from farm fires started illegally in the adjoining, farming states of Punjab and Haryana. The Taj Mahal, India’s famed monument of love, has been obscured by toxic smog for nearly a week. Swiss group IQAir ranked New Delhi as the world’s most polluted city with air quality at a “hazardous” 489, although that was a significant improvement from Monday’s 1,081 reading. India’s weather department said a shift in the fog layer toward the northern state of Uttar Pradesh had helped improve visibility over Delhi.

Persons: Taj Organizations: Residents, Pollution Control, IQAir, New Delhi Locations: DELHI, India’s, Delhi, India, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, Swiss, New, Uttar Pradesh

☆ What cities in India and Pakistan look like after toxic smog spreads
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Erica Star Domena | Selima Hussain | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Parts of South Asia are filled with toxic smog, hurting not only residents' health, but the economies of India and Pakistan.

Locations: South Asia, India, Pakistan

☆ See the fighter jets, attack drones, and other high-tech military aircraft at China's largest airshow
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementChina's largest airshow unveils its military's newest fighters and aircraft. Airshow China 2024 featured the debut of its newest fifth-generation stealth aircraft, the J-35A. A number of China's advanced fighter jets and aircraft took to the skies at its largest airshow this week. A day after the PLA Air Force's 75th anniversary, China's largest airshow kicked off with the debut of its newest fifth-generation stealth aircraft, the J-35A. Here are some of the advanced fighter jets and systems that China put on display to show its aerial ambitions.

Organizations: China International Aviation, Aerospace, PLA Air Force's Locations: China, Zhuhai

☆ India’s capital introduces stricter anti-pollution measures as toxic smog hides Taj Mahal
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Views of the famed Taj Mahal in Agra, India, have been obscured by smog. New Delhi has a severe air quality level of 424, according to live rankings kept by Swiss group IQAir, the worst among global capitals. The city battles smog — a toxic mix of smoke and fog — every winter as cold air traps dust, emissions and smoke from illegal farm fires. Delhi flights faced delays, with tracking website Flightradar24 showing 88% of departures and 54% of arrivals were delayed as of Thursday afternoon due to smog. Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s eastern province of Punjab, was rated the world’s most polluted city on Friday, in IQAir’s rankings.

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☆ Video: Toxic smog chokes India’s capital New Delhi
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Nina Avramova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China's big air show opened with a glitzy aerial display of its fighters, but crowds couldn't see much in the smog
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

China's hyped air show kicked off with performances from its aerobatics team on Tuesday. But the grand display was dampened by smog filling the skies over Zhuhai, Guangdong. AdvertisementChina's biggest air exhibition opened on Tuesday to smoggy skies obscuring an intricate aerobatics performance meant to display the country's aircraft to the world. In its first official public appearance, the J-35A flew briefly at the opening in Zhuhai, climbing into the hazy sky. The smoggy opening also comes as China has sought to shed the reputation of its cities as being wracked by air pollution.

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☆ Toxic smog in Pakistan is so bad you can see it from space
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Helen Regan | Sophia Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery. Air quality worsens in the winter because colder and drier air traps pollution, rather than lifting it away, as warm air does when it rises. Satellite imagery from NASA Worldview shows Pakistan’s Punjab province and parts of northwest India on August 31, 2024. NASA Worldview/CNN Satellite imagery from NASA Worldview shows heavy smog over Pakistan’s Punjab province and parts of northwest India on November 10, 2024. Meanwhile, WHO says 6.7 million people die annually from the combined effects of ambient and household air pollution.

Persons: Arif Ali, Sajid Bashir, Khuram, Raja Jahangir Anwar Organizations: CNN, NASA, World Health, Associated Press, Getty, Traders, Protection Agency, ”, EPA, Environment, WHO Locations: Pakistan, India, Punjab, New Delhi, Lahore, Multan, Pakistan’s, AFP, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, “

☆ Amy Coney Barrett: Meet the last best hope for Supreme Court liberals
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Joan Biskupic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

CNN —Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stands apart. And that is why Barrett has become the best hope for what remains of the liberal wing, particularly after Trump’s election victory. As Trump returns to the White House, the Supreme Court may be even more positioned to check the balance of powers. Nonetheless, progressives have few options, and an uncertain horizon, and cannot help but imbue Barrett with hope. “As Justice Barrett said…,” is a common Kagan refrain, too.

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☆ Lahore air pollution hits historic high, forcing school closures
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

KARACHI, Pakistan — Unprecedented air pollution levels in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore prompted authorities to take emergency measures on Sunday, including issuing work-from-home mandates and closing primary schools. To reduce vehicle pollution, 50% of office employees would work from home, Aurangzeb said. The government has also imposed a ban on three-wheelers known as rickshaws and halted construction in certain areas to reduce the pollution levels. Aurangzeb described the situation as “unexpected” and attributed the deterioration in air quality to winds carrying pollution from neighboring India. The smog crisis in Lahore, similar to the situation in India’s capital, Delhi, tends to worsen during cooler months due to temperature inversion trapping pollution closer to the ground.

Persons: Punjab Marriyum Aurangzeb, Aurangzeb, ” Organizations: Citizens Locations: KARACHI, Pakistan, Lahore, India, Swiss, Punjab, Delhi

☆ Pakistan province calls for ‘climate diplomacy’ with India as record smog chokes major city
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Lex Harvey | Sophia Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Islamabad, Pakistan CNN —A smog-choked province in eastern Pakistan has issued a rare plea for cross-border collaboration with India, as major cities in both countries endure severe air pollution that risks the health of millions. “We are suffering in Lahore in a way due to the eastern wind corridor coming from India,” he said. Lahore, home to more than 14 million people, saw its air quality index surpass a record 1,900 in one part of the city on Saturday, according to IQAir, which tracks global air quality. Experts say India’s air pollution is so bad that smog could take years off the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Both India and Pakistan have tried to clamp down on the practice, but it is still widespread.

Persons: Raja Jahangir Anwar, ” Anwar, Punjab’s, ”, Arif Ali, Sakib Ali, Maryam Nawaz, Parveen Kumar Organizations: Pakistan CNN, Environment, CNN, Getty, Hindustan Times, World Health Organization, Experts, India’s Locations: Islamabad, Pakistan, India, Punjab, Pakistan’s, Lahore, AFP, Delhi Meerut, Ghaziabad, Delhi –, Gurgaon, India’s Punjab, Haryana, Pakistan’s Punjab

☆ Thick smog chokes northern India and eastern Pakistan ahead of Diwali
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Lex Harvey | Noemi Cassanelli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Thick, toxic smog has once again enveloped northern India and eastern Pakistan just days before the start of Diwali, a Hindu festival typically celebrated with fireworks that each year sends air quality plummeting. Schoolgirls wearing masks ride a motorcycle as they leave school amid a rise in smog levels in Lahore, Pakistan on October 25, 2024. India’s air pollution has been found to be so bad, that experts have warned smog could take years off the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Delhi had banned the use and sale of firecrackers ahead of Diwali, but the policy has been difficult to implement. Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesSome Indian cities have seen improvements in their air quality, according to government data, but progress has been slow.

Persons: Arif Ali, Sanchit Khanna, Arvind Yadav, ’ ” Jyoti Pande Lavakare Organizations: CNN, Getty, India’s, Hindustan Times, Air Locations: India, Pakistan, Delhi, Pakistani, Lahore, AFP, Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi, New

☆ Living pollution-free is a ‘fundamental right,’ India’s top court says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, India— Living in a pollution-free environment is a fundamental right, India’s Supreme Court said Wednesday as it urged authorities to address deteriorating air quality in the north of the country. Swiss group IQAir rated Delhi the world’s most polluted city in its live rankings. The Supreme Court pulled up the governments of both states for taking “selective action” against stubble burning, saying penal provisions were not being properly implemented. Recognizing this, the court on Wednesday directed the federal government and the governments of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and the western state of Rajasthan to submit compliance reports. In Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, authorities have changed school timings and suspended outdoor activities because of pollution.

Persons: ”, Narendra, Marriyam Aurangzeb Organizations: Central Pollution Control Board, Supreme Locations: DELHI, India, Delhi, Swiss, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan’s Punjab

☆ Can Harris Really Build 3 Million New Housing Units?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Conor Dougherty | Anna Watts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Pretty much since they arrived, Mr. Muir and his family have been trying and failing to find a single-family house for no more than $500,000. “I’m like, ‘Wow, I thought this would be a more affordable place to live,’” said Mr. Muir, who is 44 and works in financial services. They disagree, however, about whether Ms. Harris’s plan would actually do that. (Economists also agree that former President Donald J. Trump’s housing plan, which aims to free up housing by deporting immigrants, would probably make the housing crisis worse by devastating the construction work force). Ms. Harris’s main challenge will be convincing them to build.

Persons: Luke Muir, Muir, ’ ”, “ It’s, Kamala Harris, Harris’s, Donald J, Mark Zandi, Harris, ”, Ed Pinto, playbook, Jason Morris, Withey Morris Baugh, Ms, “, Mr Organizations: American Enterprise Institute, Arizona Legislature Locations: Phoenix, Louisiana, San Diego, Maricopa County, California, Arizona

The company previously launched an "Uber Green," service which has historically included a mix of battery electric vehicles, and hybrid electric models. Now, Uber can offer battery electric vehicles as the sole "green" option in more than 40 cities globally, executives said at Uber's annual Go Get Zero sustainability conference in London on Tuesday. "We need more affordable EVs, we need stronger EV mandates, we need incentives for people who are driving the most. For drivers, Uber said it is rolling out an "EV Mentor" program, which connects drivers for any questions about electric mobility. The deal will give Uber drivers the ability to access Octopus' "Intelligent Go" tariff to help them with EV charging costs.

Persons: Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber, Khosrowshahi, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Suvrat Dhanorkar, Gordon Burtch, it's, BYD, Rebecca Tinucci, Tinucci Organizations: Transportation, Clean Transportation, Transportation Science, Los Angeles, Organization for Economic Co, Development, Octopus Energy, EV, Uber Locations: London, New York City, Los, Paris, France

☆ How to see Comet A3, which could be the best comet in a decade. Neanderthals walked the Earth last time it flew by.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Comet A3, or Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is visible in the Northern Hemisphere this October. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or Comet A3, is a dusty ball of ice from the Oort Cloud that takes about 80,000 years to orbit the sun. Sergei Grits/AP PhotoAstronomers are divided about whether Comet A3 will shine as bright as Comet NEOWISE. When and where to see Comet A3Weather permitting, everyone in the Northern Hemisphere should be able to see Comet A3 in October. After this, Comet A3 won't return for tens of thousands of years.

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☆ We're Californians who moved to Texas after experiencing homelessness. We've been here less than a year and can't wait to go home.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Price and Monam moved from Riverside, California, to Tyler, Texas, earlier this year. Eiman and I lived in the same apartment building in Riverside, California, for a long time. Dannielle Price (left) took a road trip with her kids to visit Tyler, Texas (right) earlier this year. We moved to Texas a second time in April 2024Dannielle: We all moved back in with my mom in Henderson, Eiman included. Dannielle Price and Eiman Monam said they've struggled to make ends meet in Tyler, Texas.

Persons: —, Dannielle Price, Eiman, Price, Monam, I've, Einam, weren't, Tyler, Henderson, that's, Eiman Monam, they've, We've Organizations: Service, Business, Washington Post Locations: Riverside , California, Tyler , Texas, Southern California, California, Texas, Mira Loma , California, Henderson , Texas, Henderson, East Texas, Riverside, Tyler

☆ Elon Musk’s xAI accused of worsening Memphis smog with unauthorized gas turbines at data center
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is being accused by environmental and health advocates of adding to the pollution problem in Memphis, Tennessee, by using natural gas burning turbines at its new data center, and doing so without a permit. The letter notes that xAI "has installed at least 18 gas combustion turbines over the last several months (with more potentially on the way)." The company has been using the turbines to power the facility, but its long-term plan is to use power from the local utility, Memphis Light, Gas and Water and the Tennessee Valley Authority. MLGW told CNBC that it started providing 50 megawatts of power to xAI at the beginning of August.

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, xAI, MLGW Organizations: Southern Environmental Law Center, Health Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Memphis, Tennessee Valley Authority, CNBC, SpaceX, Google, Microsoft, American Lung Association Locations: Memphis , Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby

☆ I’ve been to 100 countries. I didn't expect to want to return to these 5
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Todd Miller | Marylou Costa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are the spots I thought would be "one and done" but that are on my list of return trips. A village in Rwanda, a country with a population of nearly 14 million people. Aerial view of Sveti Stefan, a fortified island village with 15th century stone buildings on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. I am eager to return to the White Continent again to experience the planet's coldest, windiest, driest, and perhaps most serene place. VanuatuVanuatu is one of the least visited countries in the world, not because it isn't welcoming or rewarding, but because of its remoteness.

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☆ A Gen Xer got $10,000 to move from Los Angeles to Tulsa. He likes the slower pace of life in Oklahoma but misses California's big-city culture.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He said he didn't "have a timeline in mind until after" he was accepted into the Tulsa Remote program in Oklahoma in 2021. Dalton said the cost of living and pace of life are pros of living in Tulsa. Several people who have participated in the Tulsa Remote program, which launched in late 2018, have previously talked to BI about their moving experience. The new remote job would help him qualify for a move from California to Oklahoma through the Tulsa Remote program. Tulsa's slower pace of life gives Dalton more time to enjoy life and have fun with others.

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☆ Live Updates: Supreme Court Overrules Chevron Doctrine, Imperiling an Array of Federal Rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Adam Liptak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

But that gave too much power to unelected government officials, according to conservatives, who ran a coordinated, multiyear campaign to end the Chevron doctrine. The Environmental Protection AgencyEnvironmentalists fear that the end of the Chevron doctrine will mean the elimination of hundreds of E.P.A. “I would expect the industry to attack the F.D.A.’s authority to do premarket review at all,” said Desmond Jenson, deputy director of the commercial tobacco control program at the Public Health Law Center. Others noted the Chevron decision could have a chilling effect, compelling the F.D.A. “The Supreme Court has not relied on Chevron in quite a few years,” she said.

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☆ A Ride in a Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Hiroko Tabuchi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two vans loaded with precision instruments trundled along the streets of New York and New Jersey in the heat earlier this week, sniffing for toxic chemicals in the air. They detected spikes in methane, a potent greenhouse gas, most likely from leaks, or from natural-gas-burning buses. And all along the ride, they logged elevated levels of ozone, the main ingredient of smog, as well as cancer-causing formaldehyde — both of which form readily in hot weather. The bottom line: The streets are dotted with pollution hot spots. And the heat makes pollution worse.

Persons: ”, Peter DeCarlo, Johns Hopkins University who’s Organizations: Johns Hopkins University Locations: New York, New Jersey

☆ A lower-risk and lower-cost way to play increased electricity usage around the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

I'll review a way to play increased electricity use as electric vehicle adoption progresses around the country. Eversource Energy (ES) , a public utility holding company, operates in the electric distribution, electric transmission, natural gas distribution, and water distribution segments. It is involved in transmitting and distributing electricity, solar power facilities, and natural gas distribution. Eversource Energy was incorporated in 1927 and is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. ES 1Y mountain Eversource Energy, 1-year The stock hasn't traded particularly well recently, but that may present an opportunity.

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