Air pollution, electric vehicles and equitable benefits
September 1, 2026 · UCLA IoESYifang Zhu discusses how measurements and modeling can help communities understand the air-quality benefits of vehicle electrification.
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UCLA Fielding School
CAP AIR by Dr. Yifang Zhu lauded by UC as among "10 awesome" projects in 2025
By Julia Busiek, University of California
December 10, 2025
Los Angeles Times
New network of air pollution monitors launches near Palisades fire
By Los Angeles Times
July 22, 2025
Science
Scientists scramble to track LA wildfires long-term health impacts
By Science
March 27, 2025
U.S. News & World Report
High levels of particulate matter found near electric vehicle charging stations in L.A.
By HealthDay
July 3, 2025
Sierra Club
LA Fires: Eaton & Palisades Health Hazards from Smoke and Ash
By Sierra Club Staff
Jan. 25, 2025
Daily Bruin
Opinion: Air quality is difficult to measure. Prioritize your health and mask up.
By Micah Hoffman
Jan. 20, 2025
UCLA PH
New York Times: Here’s How Much Cleaner Energy Could Save America Lives and Money
By UCLA News
Dec. 10, 2024
The New York Times
Heat Pumps Could Save America Billions—and Possibly Lives
By The New York Times
Dec. 10, 2024
Guardian
Caldor fire: changing winds offer hope as firefighters battle blaze near Lake Tahoe
By Gabrielle Canon
Sep 2, 2021
Daily Bruin
UC system maintains first-place ranking nationally in green power use
By Hanna Sato
Aug 26, 2021
Daily Bruin
Opinion: Efforts to promote environmental sustainability must continue post-pandemic
By Victoria Rodriguez
May 31, 2021
Los Angeles Times
L.A. employers are preparing for your return. Here's how
Getting cars off the road helped, but a brief reduction in traffic only went so far
By Samantha Masunaga, Laurence Darmiento, Andrea Chang
Los Angeles Times Exclusive
May 19, 2021
The Washington Post
The battle over climate change is boiling over on the home front
Municipalities want new buildings to go all electric, spurning gas-fired stoves and heating systems.
The gas industry disagrees
By Steven Mufson
Feb 23, 2021
Daily Bruin
Environmental science students, faculty continue work despite mental toll
By Madina Safdari
Feb. 11, 2021
Los Angeles Times
Professors discuss impact of new virus variants on vaccine effectiveness
By Victoria Li
Feb. 5, 2021
Los Angeles Times
L.A. began 2020 with a clean-air streak but ended with its worst smog in decades
By Tony Barboza
December 6, 2020
Quartz
Why experts are soun¬ding the alarm about the hidden dangers of gas stoves
By Jonathan Mingle
December 4, 2020
SLATE
Why Gas Stoves Are More Hazardous Than We’ve Been Led to Believe
And how the natural gas industry sold us on them in the first place.
By Jonathan Mingle
December 3, 2020
NBC Southern Californi
Masks Work: Even Simple Cloth Face Coverings Reduce Spread of Droplets by Up to 77%,
UCLA Study Finds
By City News Service
November 11, 2020
The New York Times
The Air We Breathe
And what else you need to know today.
By City News Service
September 15, 2020
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles suffers worst smog in almost 30 years
By Tony Barboza
September 10, 2020
VOGUE
For Those Grappling With California Wildfires, Dangerous Air Quality Is an Added Risk
By Calin Van Paris
August 28, 2020
CNN
Los Angeles has notoriously polluted air. But right now it has some of the cleanest of
any major city
By Drew Kann
April 7, 2020
National Geographic
As oil prices crashed, tankers idled off California—spewing pollution for weeks
This scrum of oil tankers, right next to the Los Angeles basin, emitted tons of air pollutants and CO2
while they were parked.
By Alejandra Borunda
June 12, 2020
NBC Southern California
Traffic Reduction Impacts Southern California's Air Quality
By Lolita Lopez
May 24, 2020
NBC Southern California
Carbon-Neutral California Would Save 14,000 Lives a Year, UCLA Study Says
The air quality Californians are enjoying during the stay-at-home order could one day be the status quo,
if the state follows the instructions of a UCLA study.
By City News Service
May 5, 2020
CBS Los Angeles
UCLA Researchers Chime In On Future Of Post-Pandemic Air Quality Actions In California
May 4, 2020
The Washington Post
The silver lining to coronavirus lockdowns: Air quality is improving
The pandemic response has cleared the air from Los Angeles to Wuhan, China
By Andrew Freedman and Lauren Tierney
April 9, 2020
The Washington Post
Report: UCLA students use Lyft and Uber to get to class, and it’s raising environmental
concerns
The school newspaper, quoting university transportation officials, says students hail about 11,000 trips
a week just to get around campus.
By Fredrick Kunkle
February 1, 2019
