Environment Archives

Grass Is Always Greener

Fellow Sean Hagan

Nature's Prescription: How Green Spaces Can Improve Health

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Worsening Weather, Worsening Moods

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

A Candid Conversation About Climate Change

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

The Environmental Afterlife of Antibiotics

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

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07.31.2019 a map of a neighborhood with pink dots

Poverty and Pb in Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s communities with higher poverty rates correspond with higher levels of lead exposure, which can have detrimental health effects for children.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

07.30.2019 a city with a park and water in the background

Heat and the Urban Tree Canopy

Research shows that investing in urban tree canopies can act as a meaningful urban heat action plan to reduce mortality and morbidity during heat waves.

Guest Author Robert McDonald

07.25.2019 a brick building with air conditioning

Is Energy Insecurity Making Us Sick?

Rising research reveals how energy insecurity might harm the well-being of individuals through physical, economic, and behavioral pathways.

Guest Authors Diana Hernández, Eva Laura Siegel

07.22.2019 a screenshot of a graph

Smoke or Breathe?

Exposure to air pollution is less noticeable than exposure to smoking, but an increasing number of people are subject to air pollution's harmful effects.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

07.16.2019 a graffiti on a wall

The Greening of Vacant Lots

In a reversal of the broken window theory, greened lots restored a sense of pride and belonging to neighborhoods, discouraging crime and gun violence.

Fellow Greg Kantor

07.12.2019 a red and white airplane in the sky

When Airplanes Sing Too Loudly

New research has ignited concerns beyond annoyance to health effects of transportation noise, calling for updates to the national aviation noise policy.

Guest Author Junenette Peters

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Pollute Less, Suffer More

Communities of color experience pollution inequities as Whites experience less exposure than Black and Hispanic people to the air pollution they create.

Fellow Jori Fortson

06.14.2019 a bottle of red nail polish

Pushing Policy for Polishes: On Toluene

Changes in nail product formulation and better ventilation in nail salons can reduce solvents like toluene, improving the health of nail technicians.

Guest Author Diana Ceballos

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