Energy Switch

Environmental Impacts Of Energy On Air

CO2 emissions from energy get most of the attention, but there's a more immediate concern: particulate air pollution. Burning coal, wood, diesel and animal dung causes millions of premature deaths each year. In this episode, we'll look at air pollution from energy, and ideas to reduce it. Angel Hsu from the University of North Carolina, and Amod Pokhrel, environmental health sciences researcher, discuss.