Factory farm pollution can be seen from space, scientists say
A new study uses satellite data to document environmental inequities in North Carolina
More on our work using satellites to describe inequalities and inform policies around industrialized swine operations in North Carolina
February 12, 2025
Factory farm air pollution is harming communities of color
A summary of work led by Akirah Epps and Isabella Dressel on satellite observations of ammonia inequalities in North Carolina
February 11, 2025
We can see factory farm pollution all the way from space. But communities of color face the worst ammonia pollution on the ground
Led by Akirah Epps and Isabella Dressel, we use satellite data to observe inequalities and evaluate policies around industrialized swine operations in North Carolina
February 9, 2025
Study shows air quality disparities from industrial ag in NC
Led by Akirah Epps and Isabella Dressel, satellites see inequalities and inform policies around industrialized swine operations in North Carolina
February 7, 2025
President Biden honors nearly 400 federally funded early-career scientists
Sally Pusede received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the Biden Administration and NSF
January 14, 2025
Environmental justice a key theme throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment
Environmental justice is a focus in the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Sally Pusede co-authored the air quality chapter
November 14, 2023
Results of UV-Vis-NIR workshop co-hosted by NOAA Climate Program offices published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Sally Pusede contributed guidance on the analytical demands for observing air pollution inequality with next-generation satellites
February 3, 2023
Satellite data reveal that diesel trucking drives U.S. air pollution inequality
Angelique Demetillo and Sally Pusede use satellite data to quantify the contribution of diesel trucking to nitrogen dioxide air pollution inequality in 52 U.S. cities
September 21, 2021
Diesel emissions in major U.S. cities disproportionately harm communities of color, new studies confirm
Angelique Demetillo and Sally Pusede use satellite data to quantify the contribution of diesel trucking to nitrogen dioxide air pollution inequality in 52 U.S. cities
October 27, 2021
Diesel trucks are causing environmental injustice across US cities
Angelique Demetillo and Sally Pusede use satellite data to quantify the contribution of diesel trucking to nitrogen dioxide air pollution inequality in 52 U.S. cities
October 19, 2021
A local look at air pollution highlights inequalities within cities
Work by Angelique Demetillo and Sally Pusede featured on the cover of Chemistry & Engineering News
June 20, 2021
Measuring Houston’s environmental injustice from space
Angelique Demetillo and Sally Pusede evaluate the first use of space-based measurements to describe air pollution environmental justice in Houston, TX
July 20, 2021
Satellites can now see air pollution inequality within cities
Angelique Demetillo and Sally Pusede present the first work evaluating the use of TROPOMI to describe air pollution environmental justice in Houston, TX
August 5, 2020
Drought is not just about water. It affects air pollution, too
Sally Pusede and Angelique Demetillo lead a study on the effect of severe drought on ozone air quality in California