#AirQuality

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

🟢 Calidad del aire en Puerto del Rosario: 46. Nivel: bueno. #puertodelrosario #homeassistant #nodered #AirQuality

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

Dallas-Fort Worth air quality continues to miss EPA goals for safety #Dallas #environment #AirQuality #PublicHealth https://phys.org/news/2023-11-dallas-fort-worth-air-quality-epa.html

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

Using a carbon dioxide monitor to measure air freshness - explanation
https://www.uncharted-worlds.org/blog/2021/12/using-a-carbon-dioxide-monitor-to-measure-air-freshness/

#AirQuality #covid

🟢 Calidad del aire en Puerto del Rosario: 35. Nivel: bueno. #puertodelrosario #homeassistant #nodered #AirQuality

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

Checked the #AirQuality measurements for SE Queensland… the only thing 'close' that's reporting anything is #Maryborough.

Upper Kedron reports nothing. Sadly, I don't have the air quality sensor I used last time. (Maybe I should buy the bits and build my own…)

It definitely looked smokey out to the west here at The Gap though.

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal…

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/02/meeting-industry-normal-3

#meetings #NewNormal #COVID #AirQuality #masking #vaccination #eventprofs

RT by @EUPublications: Our November ✉️ newsletter is out!

This month was all about clean air:
☁️ #CleanAirEU Forum in 🇳🇱 Rotterdam
📺 #TheRoadToGreen episode on air
📱 Updated #AirQuality Index app
🏙️ New @euenvironment report on #AirPollution
...and more 👉 https://europa.eu/!3pknXp

#EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_ENV/status/1730235474311106898#m

[2023-11-30 14:40 UTC]

🟢 Calidad del aire en Puerto del Rosario: 30. Nivel: bueno. #puertodelrosario #homeassistant #nodered #AirQuality

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

Delhi's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded in the 'poor' category with a reading of 290, an improvement from Tuesday's 312
#Wind #AirQuality #Delhi #AQI #Category #Next
https://www.news18.com/india/rainfall-wind-improves-air-quality-in-delhi-aqi-likely-to-remain-in-poor-category-till-next-2-days-8681917.html

🟡 Calidad del aire en Puerto del Rosario: 53. Nivel: moderado. #puertodelrosario #homeassistant #nodered #AirQuality

Mihaela Mircea, ricercatrice dell’ENEA, spiega che l’inquinamento atmosferico in città non è sempre ridotto dalla vegetazione: https://www.infodata.ilsole24ore.com/2023/11/27/il-verde-in-citta-aiuta-a-tenere-basse-le-temperature-ma-non-sempre-contribuisce-a-ridurre-gli-inquinanti-dellaria/

Per chi volesse approfondire qui c’è il nostro articolo completo: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/6/1255

#AirQuality #AirPollution

Current air quality in Ostrava.

The red lines are from when i put the sensor outside for a few hours (the rest is indoors).

Yes, it climbed over 100 PM2.5. This practically means toxic air.

#Ostrava #AirQuality #Czechia

WA Dept of Ecology Burn Ban expanded: (added counties)

Burn ban area: Kittitas, Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Grant, Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties

Burn ban starts: 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 27

Burn ban ends: Until further notice; conditions will be reassessed daily.

Ban condition: Stage 1 – no outdoor burning, agricultural burning, or uncertified wood stove use, except where stove is the only source of heat.

#WAwx #WA #DOE #burnban #airquality

GLA colleagues are hiring a manager for the air quality team. Check out the advert https://www.london.gov.uk/air-quality-manager-0 . Deadline is 3 December! #airquality #environmentjobs

Some cooking appliances and methods cause more indoor #AirPollution than others. In no other context is this more appreciated than when having to cook in enclosed, poorly ventilated spaces.

#Pollution #AirQuality #IndoorAirQuality

New Delhi has recorded 10 severe air quality days this month so far, while it witnessed just three severe air quality days in November last year
#NewDelhiPollution #Capital #AirQuality #Marginally #AQI #Very
https://www.news18.com/india/new-delhi-pollution-capitals-air-quality-improves-marginally-aqi-still-in-very-poor-category-8676758.html

A proposed #lithium mine presents a #climate versus #environment conflict

By David Boraks
November 12, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - “As world leaders meet for another climate summit in Egypt, the U.S. is pushing to mine more lithium for electric vehicle batteries at home. #EVs will help cut pollution from transportation, the nation's largest source of #GreenhouseGas emissions that cause global warming. But there's a tradeoff, as residents have learned near #CharlotteNC, where a big #OpenPit mine is proposed.

“A company called #PiedmontLithium wants to build a mine and processing operation on 1,500 acres in northern Gaston County, about 30 miles west of Charlotte.

“Emily Winter, a community relations coordinator and geologist for Piedmont, leads the way to a large rock outcrop near what someday might be the mine's South Pit.

“'So within this rock, it contains spodumene, the mineral. And that mineral spodumene contains lithium that we can convert to lithium hydroxide that then goes into batteries,' Winter explains.

“Lithium deposits run through the county in a mile-wide north-south band, known as the Carolina #Tin-#Spodumene Belt. For decades in the 20th century, mines here supplied most of the world's lithium, until cheaper sources were found in #SouthAmerica and #Australia. Now the element is in high demand for electric vehicle #batteries, and #investors see an opportunity.

“'There is very little production of lithium raw materials, or any battery raw materials, in the US. The potential's there, but it'll take time to bring it online,' says Piedmont Lithium CEO Keith Phillips.

“When Piedmont Lithium dedicated its new headquarters in the nearby town of Belmont this summer, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis was there. The North Carolina Republican said the U.S. needs its own sources of lithium and lithium processing to counter #China.

“'The Chinese have a stated strategy of being the world's economic and military superpower by 2050. And they don't intend to do that through a great war. They intend to do it by putting their tentacles around the globe, economically,' Tillis said. 'They intend to make sure that the western world is dependent upon them for lithium, for tantalum, for #RareEarthMinerals, so that they can literally beat us by never firing a shot.'

“Tillis said that's why he supports Piedmont Lithium's efforts to open a new mine - as long as it's done in an #EnvironmentallyResponsible way. But that's the catch.

“Piedmont's plans call for four open-pit mines 500 feet deep. That means demolishing houses, digging up #farm #fields and #woods, and disrupting #streams. Some neighbors have sold their land to the company. But others whose property borders the site aren't happy.

“Locke Bell owns 120 acres backing up to the planned South Pit. 'Relative to the proposed mine, I have 4,160 feet of common boundary,' he says.

“Bell is a former district attorney and has been following Piedmont's plans since 2017, when the company approached him about mining on his land. He declined the offer after seeing a detailed map of the proposed mine.

“'Suddenly, I saw these massive mines - open pits... We have enough of that around here that's #toxic already,'' he says.

“He's talking about old lithium mines nearby that closed in the 1980s and 1990s and are now contaminated with arsenic, which occurs naturally in the area's soil and rocks.

“A few miles away on the other side of the mine site, Warren Snowdon has similar concerns. His family's old farm is just across a stream, about 600 yards, from the planned #EastPit. He's helping to lead an opposition group called #StopPiedmontLithium.

“'Our issue is on every front: It's water. It's air. It's light pollution. It's noise. It's traffic. Get us a solar farm. Get us a wind farm,' says Snowdon, who is quick to say he's not opposed to the country's transition to #renewable energy.

“State and local officials still must approve the mine

“Piedmont Lithium still needs key approvals, including state air and mining permits. Both are delayed while the company responds to requests for more information from North Carolina agencies. Piedmont also faces local political opposition.

“Chad Brown chairs the Gaston County Commission, which will have to approve a rezoning for the mine.

“'With the information I have right now, I probably would not call for a vote on this,' Brown says. 'I would have to have tons of more information just for the environmental side, and as far as #AirQuality, #WaterQuality, different things like that.'

“Last year, the commission adopted a 60-day moratorium so it could update its zoning rules to allow a mine. The ordinance has some teeth - it limits blasting and truck traffic, Brown says. But he's not sure Piedmont will be able to get the electricity and water it needs for mining and processing.

“Asked if he thinks the mining project will happen, he says, 'I think right now, you're still at 50-50, just for the simple fact of it's a long way out.'

“Still, Piedmont Lithium's CEO Keith Phillips is optimistic.

“'So the permitting process is more involved, and it will take longer. And our plan, our hope, is that we'll be in production in Carolina in 2026, and will be fully permitted and approved and funded sometime in 2024,' he says.

“While it pursues that goal, the company has a backup plan: It's building a processing plant in #Tennessee with help from a $141.7 million federal grant. And it's counting on mines in #Quebec and #Ghana to supply lithium ore.

“Piedmont's North Carolina neighbors are rooting for that backup plan instead of the open-pit lithium mine in their community."

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/12/1131365516/a-proposed-lithium-mine-presents-a-climate-versus-environment-conflict

#ExtractiveMining #WaterIsLife

Acquired an air humidifier to try and help with the dry skin and cough caused by extreme low air humidity in winter.

Funny, when living on the boat we had the opposite, a dehumidifier to remove excess moisture (causing mold, which releases spores in the air). Never any lingering coughs nor skin issues, except maybe from jellyfish stings or fibreglass itch.

#VillageLife #Landlubbering #AirQuality

🟢 Calidad del aire en Puerto del Rosario: 37. Nivel: bueno. #puertodelrosario #homeassistant #nodered #AirQuality

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 390 on Thursday, 394 on Wednesday, 365 on Tuesday, 348 on Monday and 301 on Sunday
#Delhi #AirQuality #BriefReliefLikelyNext
https://www.news18.com/india/delhis-air-quality-severe-again-brief-relief-likely-next-week-8675636.html

Weekday versus weekend emissions in Salt Lake Valley reveal a stark contrast. This detail, emerging from meticulous #AirQuality studies, provides a deeper understanding of urban #EmissionPatterns, guiding more effective environmental strategies for cleaner air.

“Analyses of Emission Sectors in the Salt Lake Valley using NOx and CO2”
presented during #AGU23

🔗🗓️ https://bit.ly/agu23121202

#Utah #EnvironmentalScience #SciComm

Weekday versus weekend emissions in Salt Lake Valley reveal a stark contrast. This detail, emerging from meticulous #AirQuality studies, provides a deeper understanding of urban #EmissionPatterns, guiding more effective environmental strategies for cleaner air.

“Analyses of Emission Sectors in the Salt Lake Valley using NOx and CO2”
presented during #AGU23

🔗🗓️ https://bit.ly/agu23121202

#Utah #EnvironmentalScience #SciComm

"Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants from coal-fired power plants (PM2.5) is associated with a risk of mortality more than double that of exposure to PM2.5 from other sources... from 1999 - 2020... found that 460,000 deaths were attributable to coal PM2.5"

#AirQuality #Pollution
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/particulate-pollution-from-coal-associated-with-double-the-risk-of-mortality-than-pm2-5-from-other-sources/

RT by @EUinNL: #AirPollution knows no borders, and it is the n. 1⃣ environmental threat to human health - Alexander Simidchiev from Air for Health 🇧🇬 at #CleanAirEU Forum

Learn more about the harm of air pollution to health & how you can check #AirQuality across the EU: https://europa.eu/!VCGfRn

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_ENV/status/1728019688817410487#m

[2023-11-24 11:56 UTC]

RT by @cinea_EU: The 4th 🇪🇺 #CleanAirEU Forum in 🇳🇱 Rotterdam is now over, but our efforts for cleaner air for all continue!

Learn more about all our EU air policies, and stay updated with the latest actions to improve #AirQuality across Europe 👉 https://europa.eu/!CDuQ3N

#BeatAirPollution

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_ENV/status/1728023220559777806#m

[2023-11-24 12:10 UTC]

Had a great time visiting Bangkok for the Airparif workshop, where the results of their latest #AirPollution #sensors challenge were revealed. The Governor of Bangkok gave a good speech about #AirQuality and monitoring in #Bangkok. I gave a talk on the state of science and issues specific to LMICs (without slides!) and moderated a panel with representatives from AFD, UNEP, Clean Air Asia, UNESCAP, and Clean Air Fund. Local news report: https://www.matichon.co.th/local/quality-life/news_4297539

#Delhi's air quality plummets to hazardous levels, exceeding 400 on the #AirQuality index. Schools close, administration limits vehicles, yet efforts fall short as winter worsens pollution. Dr. Sharma warns of health risks, urging stronger actions to tackle #AirPollution crisis.

✍️ #ChatGPT Plus
🔗 https://s.mur.tw/mZWJ

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/11/22/all-virginia-wildfires-except-matts-creek-contained-say-officials/ Helpful update on the recent rash of #wildfire s in dry, smoky #virginia . #climate #smoke #airquality

RT by @EU_ENV: Maritime 🚢 shipping has an important impact on #AirQuality

We should not trade off economic development and health against each other. "We are either going to be rich but ill, or less rich but healthy" - MEP @PetrosKokkalis at the #CleanAirEU Forum

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_ENV/status/1727678398061858922#m

[2023-11-23 13:20 UTC]

R to @EU_ENV: Download the app now on your phone, and discover how is the #AirQuality near you!

📱 Android PlayStore 👉https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eea.AQIMobile&hl=en≷=US&pli=1
📱 Apple iOS 👉 https://apps.apple.com/bw/app/european-air-quality-index/id1566371648

#CleanAirEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_ENV/status/1727638085305806931#m

[2023-11-23 10:39 UTC]

R to @EU_ENV: Download the app now on your phone, and discover how is the #AirQuality near you!

📱 Android PlayStore 👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eea.AQIMobile&hl=en≷=US&pli=1
📱 Apple iOS 👉 https://apps.apple.com/bw/app/european-air-quality-index/id1566371648

#CleanAirEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/EU_ENV/status/1727635277064138922#m

[2023-11-23 10:28 UTC]

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/microplastics-europe-ban-natural-alternatives/ Interesting tech here to suck up the micro plastics released by tire wear as they are produced. I’m skeptical this will work at scale but I like that someone is doing something on this #airquality #publichealth #waroncars #microplastics

2023 Canadian wildfires impacted air quality as far away as Europe and China, study finds #Canada #environment #wildfire #wildfires #AirQuality #Europe #China https://phys.org/news/2023-11-canadian-wildfires-impacted-air-quality.html

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not.

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

Thought the season for this was finally over, but apparently not. Friday looks to be especially bad air.

On the IKEA SMAKLIG Built-in Induction Hob: Review - Is an induction hob better than cooking with gas? How about health and carbon? #induction #cutCarbon #airQuality - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-IKEA-SMAKLIG-built-in-induction-hob.html

Got my #arduino #wioterminal script running with #seeed #grove #airquality sensor sen55
Posts to #mqtt #homeassistant

Code here

The temperature inversion is trapping pollutants near the ground this morning, creating somewhat elevated (but not too concerning) AQI levels this morning.

#AirQuality #pdxtst #orwx #wawx #weather

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

https://wset.com/news/local/tracking-the-matts-creek-wildfire-bedford-county-2700-acre-spread-and-smoke-coverage-amid-air-quality-alert-lynchburg-big-island-november-2023 Big new #wildfire in smoky #virginia ‘s #jeffersonnationalforest #smoke #airquality #climate

#Biden unveils $128 million for #EnvironmentalJustice projects meant to address #ClimateChange impact https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/23/biden-unveils-128-million-for-environmental-justic/

"there were more than 1,000 applicants. Each project will either receive up to $500,000 or up to $1 million... to address environmental or #PublicHealth issues, including #wildfires and other #climate events; indoor and outdoor #AirQuality..."

#ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #USpol #Democrats

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

How a construction boom led to toxic air in Mumbai

Government incentives have led to a spike in construction projects in the city. Residents are suffering from the resultant increase in pollution levels.

#maharashtra #mumbai #AirPollution #pollution #environment #BMC #ConstructionProjects #construction #AirQuality #AQI #india

https://scroll.in/article/1059083/how-a-construction-boom-led-to-toxic-air-in-mumbai

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

New commentary letter in Environmental Research Letters expressing views on new World Health Organization #airquality guidelines.

"As we show in the following paragraphs, because of atmospheric chemistry and meteorology, these new guideline values can be unattainably low for some pollutants, are too high for other pollutants, and may be jointly unattainable for a key pair of pollutants for some cities."

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad039f

https://www.newsweek.com/shenandoah-national-park-wildfire-quaker-run-1841823 “the key for explaining what is happening right now is that these naturally occurring phenomena are pushed to new extremes due to climate change, which is causing more and more destructive phenomena around the world as it unfolds” #virginia #climate #wildfire #emergency #shenandoah #smoke #airquality

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

@aljazeera does anyone know the #NYC peak numbers in June? #airQuality

Pickup is almost 1000% funded and in the final stretch. We're on the cusp of $100,000. Last chance to back!

Snap in sensors to log all the data, from air quality to noise to growing. Democratize #citizenscience !
https://kickstarter.com/projects/supermechanical/pickup-is-a-sensor-power-tool?ref=g9e07k #Kickstarter #airquality #gardening

I share air quality readings at airports, planes, ground transportation, a convention center, and my hotel during a trip to Puerto Rico.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/meeting-industry/2022/05/air-quality-readings

#travel #safety #AirQuality #readings #IAQ #plane #airport #bus #ConventionCenter #hotel #flying

“We found that when there's a lot of nitrogen dioxide, then there are a lot of traffic emission related words. So, more or less the methodology works – there is a relationship between air pollution and the smelly maps.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39179098

#airQuality #smellfies
ht @stefanlaser

Biking the Goods: How North American Cities Can Prepare for and Promote Large-Scale Adoption of E-Cargo Bikes. Report from UW Urban Freight Lab. Key themes: infrastructure, policy & regulation, incentives, culture & education.
https://urbanfreightlab.com/publications/biking-the-goods/
#UrbanFreight #EBikes #CargoBikes #ECargoBikes #Freight #FreightMobility #transportation #UrbanPlanning #planning #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #electromobility #infrastructure #BikeLanes #streets #traffic #AirQuality #RoadSafety #Bikes4Climate

Another #ostrava update about #AirQuality.

The limits are 1400% higher than set by WHO. It's becoming toxic.

Time to poke around some people to find out what can we do about it.

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)
Red = Unhealthy for Everyone (151-200)

London is quite a stinker / hard to breathe today. Weird thing is that the air quality indicators are relatively good. Is it me becoming more sensitive to this? #London #AirQuality #AQI

@jeffjarvis “Nowadays, the air in Stockholm causes babies to have lung conditions and the elderly to die prematurely. We need to eliminate the harmful exhaust gases from petrol and diesel cars. That’s why we are introducing the most ambitious low-emission zone to date” #stockholm #airquality #climate #publichealth #waroncars #biketooter

So the risk that we might get some poor air quality from the Sahara dust continues, with low confidence, given that the text of the forecast hasn't changed.

But the model that produces the forecast heat map has today made everywhere look green, and therefore low. And so only if you go look at the https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/ front page can you find this out.

I remain of the opinion that this could be being communicated better.

#AirQuality #AirQualityUK

Excerpt from https://medium.com/@cdl.tuebingen/someone-infected-neil-gaiman-with-covid-19-24ddbbd9f91d

Neil Gaiman didn’t just get COVID-19.

Someone INFECTED Neil Gaiman with COVID-19.

And many someones in overlapping layers of responsibility ENABLED this infection.

This linguistic shift from the passive to active voice might seem irrelevant but, instead of just echoing the framing we see in the headlines — that Neil Gaiman got COVID-19— it’s time to own that somebody has infected Neil.

The passive voice has served a macabre purpose in this pandemic. The passive voice, by erasing the subject of the sentence, neatly obscures accountability, and with it our own role in unmitigated infections. Moreover, it has prevented us from identifying the layers of responsibility in enabling infections on a mass scale. This mental block is the first obstacle to advocating for effective mitigations and constructive solutions. It stops us from preventing infections. But that is changing now.

It is time to own the damage that we are causing by infecting others with COVID-19. I believe that we all know, deep inside, that we are causing harm. And many of us are suffering from the cognitive dissonance of pretending that we aren’t. Because, in a pandemic, this is serious and large-scale harm.

This harm that, according to estimates, has killed over 25 million people and disabled at least 65 million and counting. The sooner we face the harm we are causing by infecting other people, the less damage we will cause to ourselves, to our loved ones, to our community, to strangers on the other side of the world. And to people who entertain and inspire us, like speculative fiction author and TV creator Neil Gaiman. And inspiration is necessary when we are facing so many challenges. It’s that simple.

#COVID #COVIDisNOTover #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDisOngoing #MaskUp #masks #masking #mask #SARSCoV2 #pandemic #airquality #NeilGaiman #DavidTennant

Saharan dust plume update, Defra actually mentioned that confidence is low on the poorer aspects of air quality forecast 😌, but it looks like this:

https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/

#AirQuality #AirQualityUK #AirQualityIreland

So this is a dust plume, and you can see it on this forecast map of dust aerosols from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.

(FYI, the play button results in the screen blinking between content and a white screen and has problems loading, clicking thru with the ⏭ button works better.)

#AirQuality #AirQualityUK #AirQualityIreland

https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packages/cams/products/aerosol-forecasts?base_time=202310080000&layer_name=composition_duaod550&projection=classical_europe&valid_time=202310080300

“Many of the most vulnerable are facing an impossible choice between accessing essential medical treatment and placing themselves at heightened risk of coronavirus and in the very places they should be safest ...
“No patient should be fearful of entering a hospital, GP surgery or vaccine centre.”

I'll add dentists - one of several medical situations where our own ability to mask is compromised.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/08/charities-call-on-nhs-england-to-bring-back-covid-precautions-for-staff

#NHS #covid #masks #AirQuality #dentist #CovidIsAirborne

Anyone on here who knows about the UK Air pollution forecast models?

Am interested to know how tomorrow's forecast is arrived at, and how likely the Very High is across Northern Ireland and the North of England.

Edit: I think this is a Saharan Dust episode. Am still not sure of likelihood, hopefully it gets mentioned on the weather forecasts later today.

#AirQuality #AirPollution #Weather

#climate #wildfires #AirQuality

As this visualization of smoke plume extents is provided by U.S. agencies, it doesn't show large wildfires outside the U.S. (Only satellite detections.)

#AirQuality forecast #NYC

https://aqicn.org/city/usa/newyork/

Green = Good (AQI: 0–50)
Yellow = Moderate (51–100)
Orange = Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101–150)

“#Malaysia called on neighbour #Indonesia and a grouping of Southeast Asian nations to take action as #AirQuality worsens across the country due to fires in Indonesia, its environment minister told Reuters on Thursday (Oct 5).”

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/haze-malaysia-indonesia-fires-asean-joint-action-prevent-3823871?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_05102023_cna

The #airquality effects which these dumb decisions have are what #knittingTheAir is capturing as community #dataviz and making colourful and beautiful and tactile and conversational and… tragic.

Because ‘air quality’ is so often just a comforting shorthand for *measuring the shitty outcomes visited upon underpaid people by those with money, who like to wring their hands and then change nothing*

#knittingTheAir tells a yarn that a couple of #airquality nodes are stitching together.

This one is on a lamp post on Dee Street E14. It’s been named Nodene by the project.

This is the best up to date AQI map I’ve found so far. The EPA models suck here in Maine. This one is global and shows real-time air quality levels.
🔥💨

#AQI #AirQuality #Maine #Global #Canada #USA #WildfireSmoke #Wildfire
https://aqicn.org/map/world/

I'm spending some days back in #ostrava and the #AirQuality here is not good.

I had a window open during the day and the PM2.5 (μg/m³) climbed to over 25 (5x higher than the WHO recommendation).

Around 22:30, I closed all windows and started the air purifier, which surprised me how quickly it cleaned up the air in the room.

Worthy investment after all.

Each #knittingTheAir panel visualises 24 hours of #airQuality data, with 2 rows of knitting each representing the data reading for 1 hour.

Community knitters are knitting each panel, stitching them together into months, and then the months will be combined into a huge panel for a whole year.

Before and after moving the air purifier into the room while it's smoky out

#airquality #aqi #electronics

Update: this doesn't meet my need, but it's REALLY cool:
If you're in the US, the EPA has a program that will loan you air quality monitors:

https://www.epa.gov/air-sensor-toolbox/air-sensor-loan-programs

#AirQuality #USEPA

Hiya friends! Any recommendations for portable, real-time particulate matter meters?

As the kids say, I'm tryna see something

For real though: trying to develop guidance on #walking and #biking facility placement in #school #walkzones

#AirQuality #research #PediatricHealth #Kids

Bay Area peeps, #crowdsourcing request.

Since the smoke came in a couple days ago, I’ve been feeling more tired, somewhat not quite healthy, less able to focus. Family says the same. So: is it the smoke or something else?

If you are in the #bayarea: same for you, or no difference? (Don’t count the annoyance, the #smoke and bad #airquality sure is.)

I’d love to get a bunch of responses, so please reshare if you can. If other observations, please comment.

@sysop408 #Smoke #AirQuality

Fortunately, not noticeable in my area east of Mt. Diablo at this time.