Other blogs that may interest you.

TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com

This blog features many articles that talk about ways to combat air pollution. They show off new inventions, such as tiles invented by students to soak up smog from the air. It also talks about the weaknesses in the fight against air pollution. For example, one posting talks about how much of the energy infrastructure in the US is in danger of being knocked out by extreme weather.

AutoblogGreen http://green.autoblog.com

AutoblogGreen hosts articles that talk about how cars currently in development and on the road affect the environment. For example, there is much discussion about Tesla Motors, a car company that makes cars that run exclusively on electricity and let off fewer emissions than cars that run on fossil fuels. These cars have become very popular among environmentalists because they are so much more efficient than other cars. The blog also warns its readers about the weak points of some cars that only seem to be environmentally friendly, like cars using hydrogen fuel cells that would only emit vapor, but making them puts as much CO2 into the environment as cars that just run on gas.

Lazy Environmentalist http://lazyenvironmentalist.com

This website features environmentally friendly products. It teaches readers about local, reusable, and reused products. By buying these products, which we would use anyway, we can reduce our carbon footprint and reduce air pollution. A possible shortcoming of this blog is that, even though it's good to know how to be a friend to the environment, we should probably be challenging people to work for it. Laziness can be a comfort sometimes, but when it comes to something as important as the environment, we should really be a little more proactive.

Inhabitat Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

This blog focuses on eco architecture and green building. By helping its readers learn more about reusable materials and environmentally safe innovations for life, they can apply them in their homes and cut down on their carbon footprints. For example, one article talks about innovation in the battery cells of solar panels, which people can use to be more efficient with the amount of electricity they use from a city grid, and be more self-reliant on cleaner solar energy.

Environmental Trends http://www.trendhunter.com/cool-hunting/category/Environmental-Trends

Environmental Trends features different products that are environmentally friendly. It shows its readers how to re-purpose bags and other household items that might otherwise be called "trash." By doing simple things like re-purposing stuff around the house, and buying economically friendly products, we cut down on our carbon emissions and reduce air pollution. One of the downfalls of this blog, however, is that it doesn't seem to put very much emphasis on buying local products when you do have to buy something.

Haute Nature http://hautenature.com

This blog is a Pinterest for the environmentally friendly. It features lots of articles that show its readers how to repurpose items around the house, much like the previous blog, but place less emphasis on buying products, and more just shows people how to make things they already have beautiful and environmentally friendly. It even has sustainable project ideas for those who have kids, which is a great feature that sets up the next generation to be an active part of environmentalism.

No Impact Man http://noimpactman.typepad.com

This website details one man's family's attempt to live life in New York City with no impact on the environment whatsoever. This blog is great, and while it tells a story of one family that took environmentalism to the extreme, it shows its readers that even the little things we do to live a more sustainable life helps the planet. While it would be nice if more people could live with no impact like this family did, we can't expect that everyone will. It's still an impressive standard and a good role model that inspires people to reduce their carbon footprint and help the environment.

Life Goggles http://www.lifegoggles.com

Life Goggles gives reviews on not just any products, but has a specialty in reviewing green books, movies, and television. While the blog itself does a poor job of showing people how to cut back on emissions and reducing air pollution, it does lead its readers to popular sources that give this information. It shows us that it's not just important to know what products we can and should be using, or what new innovations are out there, but also to see these at work in the media we come into contact with every day.

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This year, the World Health Organization calculated that apporiximently 7 million premature deaths were linked to air pollution. The air conditions continue to decrease in quality. It is said that 606 million more people are breathing toxic air, totaling in 1.78 billion people.  This article provides a map showing the worst affected areas.

Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/the-air-we-breathe/372411

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Annotated Bibliographies

        McKibben, B. (2013). The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Funding Global-Warming Denial. Gale, 9,

This article is a general interpretation about global warming and air quality today. Author Bill McKibben stresses that there is no more time to sit back and let big oil companies relish in their profit while consumers falsely benefit from them as they burn fossil fuels, destroying our planet. He also expands that though many of us are in denial of this looming worldly disaster, that in light of it all advancing technology is becoming more and more vital to prove that in fact we are causing climate change. McKibben emphasizes that the wide spread of us are in denial because big oil companies and government officials are paying to keep us in denial so they continue to collect their money. One thing is certain; resources will run out, and changes will be crucial to our overall survival. McKibbens purpose was for this article to pose as a warning and for an overall grasp of the importance of this topic.

           

            Walsh, B. (2014, May 7). Carbon Pollution Could Make Your Sandwich Less Healthy. TIME, 1.

            This author writes about how a rise in CO2 levels affect us in ways we don’t immediately think about. Studies show that plants rich in iron, zinc, and protein loose their nutrients as levels become stronger. 2 billion people around the world suffer from zinc and iron deficiencies, and the increase in emissions will only increase the malnutrition.

            Lim , J. R. (2014, April 25). Throw Out Your Parking Pass. Newsweek, 1.

Author Jillian Rose Lim suggests a whole new transportation system. Its works by a user picking up the vehicle at a station where it stays to charge and once they get to their destination they drop it off at the nearest station they are at, to let it charge and be ready for the next user. With traffic congestion rising, we are actively trying to find an innovative way to solve the problem. With more people using privately owned cars, carbon emissions are sky rocketing.  Another goal for society is to base public areas on walk ways, bike lanes, and foot paths verses expanding car lanes. Lim publically shows her urgency for a new way of society because if carbon emissions don’t cease, they’ll increase and our environment cannot support it. 

Grunbaum, M. (2014, April 14). Up in smoke: how cleaner cooking could help the environment--and save millions of lives. Science World/Current Science, 1.

Author, Grunbaum writes about a scientist, Veerabhadran Ramanathan  who worked with other engineers to create a non-harmful stove because of his personal experience with family cooking with a stove made from dried mud, causing the whole home to fill with smoke, wrecking their lungs. After his experience he found it important to find a better way. The issue with traditional stoves comes down to basic chemistry. To make a fire, you first need fuel, such as charcoal, gas, wood, or dung. Burning the fuel releases the energy in the form of heat and light. But this chemical reaction, called combustion, requires oxygen to work. Many homemade stoves are poorly ventilated, which means that not enough oxygen-rich air can get inside. The air that does get in doesn't mix easily with a solid material such as firewood or dung. When there isn't enough oxygen, the fuel doesn't burn completely. This incomplete combustion produces gases such as carbon monoxide that are dangerous to breathe. It also creates tiny particles of partially burned material that float up in the hot, rising air. Ramanathan created stoves have an enclosed ceramic combustion chamber that keeps heat from escaping, so they need less fuel. A solar-powered fan draws air into the chamber to provide plenty of oxygen, so less black carbon forms. It’s important to publicize the topic that even the most conventional appliances account for air pollution, and people should know what they are around.

Rhodan, M. (2014, March 24). WHO Report: Air Pollution Killed 7 Million People in 2012. TIME, 1.

            The authors purpose in this article was to share his alarm for what air pollution is doing to our world. He writes that air pollution was linked with 3.7 million deaths from the result of stroke or heart disease in 2012, and indoor pollution caused by coal, wood, and open air fires killed another 4.3 million. They are predicting that death rates will only increase with time.

Air pollution is the presence or introduction of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects to humans and other living organisms in the air . Poor air quality is a substantial subject in today's society. Exposure to bad air quality increases risk of numerous health risks like respiratory infections, lung caner, and heart disease for example.  I chose this topic because I believe that this is an environmental issue that ties into almost any aspect of everyday life, therefore crucial to all of civilization to change.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    “Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” 
― Jacques-Yves Cousteau