In Their Element
June 23, 2025
Photo: Hillary Schave
Analyzing the last 50 years of American air quality, Tracey Holloway sees a success story.
“The work we’ve done on clean air in the United States has been amazing,” says Holloway, the Jeff Rudd and Jeanne Bissell Professor of Energy Analysis and Policy jointly appointed in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. “We’re driving more, using more energy, and our population and economy have grown, but our air — aside from wildfires — has gotten cleaner and cleaner.”
Read the full College of Letters & Science magazine article by Alli Watters