February 12th, 2024 — Brooklyn — Today, First Street released their 10th national risk assessment entitled “Atrocious Air.” The report highlights the contribution of climate change to the increasing risk of exposure to poor air quality today and into the future. These trends are a reversal of hard fought gains in air quality improvement over the past half century.
The First Street – Air Quality Model finds that across the United States, over 83 million people, more than 25% of the population, are already exposed annually to air quality thresholds categorized as “unhealthy” by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index . Among those at risk, nearly 10 million may have exposure to “very unhealthy” levels of air quality, and 1.5 million are at risk of experiencing “hazardous” air quality today.
In the future, major metro areas like Seattle and Portland are expected to see nearly two additional weeks of poor air quality, primarily due to the increasing occurrence of wildfires in the region. Overall, the increase in exposure is projected to be disproportionately seen in similarly large population centers.
To ensure that all Americans have access to this critical data, First Street has integrated the models into their Risk Factor platform as “Air Factor” and partnered with the real estate company Redfin to present this data alongside the other First Street data integrated on their platform.driven by industrialization, technological advancements, regulatory measures, and public awareness.
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