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A bus in New York City.

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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Aerial view of the wildfires of 2025 in southern California. HANDOUT, COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2/AFP

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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Electric trucks

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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Attendees sit in the conference center with a speaker on the stage in front of a screen.

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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air pollution control device.

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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air pollution control device.

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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Renee Bichler

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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Sarav Arunachalam, CMAS Center Director, speaking at the CMAS South America conference in early June. Image from the CMAS Center on X.

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.

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NAIR 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

Jiacheng Yang joined the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina as a research assoc

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