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New Research: Electrifying NYC’s trucks and buses would save $2.4 billion in health costs and prevent hundreds of deaths
Co-author Sarav Arunachalam notes both short- and long-term benefits.
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As wildfire smoke chokes LA, see how many-bad air days your county had (USA Today | Jan. 9, 2025)
Deputy Director Sarav Arunachalam speaks to USA Today about air quality amid wildfires.
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Public health and environmental justice: The push for electric trucks in cities (Earth.com | Dec. 26, 2024)
Recent research at UNC has tied heavy-duty vehicle pollution to serious health problems.
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CMAS Center hosts 23rd annual conference, shares new modeling software updates
Bringing together academics and experts in the air quality field, CMAS hosted its 23rd conference.
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Curbing air pollution control devices would cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars
Sarav Arunachalam contributed to a new commentary in the American Journal of Public Health.
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Curbing Air Pollution Control Devices Would Cost Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars (BUSPH News | Oct. 25, 2024)
Sarav Arunachalam contributed to the editorial in the American Journal of Public Health.
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Renée Bichler
Renée Bichler joined the UNC Institute for the Environment as a research associate in October 2024 where she w
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IE’s CMAS Center holds 5th global air pollution conference in South America
The 5th Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) South America explored air pollution science.
Read MoreNAIR 2024 International Symposium Climate Change and Air Quality Management (NAIR | Sept. 10, 2024)
Sarav Arunachalam, deputy director and research professor at the UNC Institute for the Environment, presented
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Jiacheng Yang
Jiacheng Yang joined the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina as a research assoc
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