Sandy Eckel

An important reminder that EVs are a transportation choice that improve the quality of the air that you, your family, and your neighbors breathe. And it's pretty amazing that we can see these improvements in air quality from space!

Electric vehicles are cleaning our air right now. 🚗 For every 200 EVs added to a neighborhood, nitrogen dioxide pollution dropped 1.1%. @sandy_eckel PhD, and Erika Garcia, PhD, MPH @uscpphs used satellite data to track this across CA from 2019-23. bit.ly/3ZyvHVa

Graduating with your PhD, and want to make a difference in climate and health? Apply to this USC postdoc position with Dr. Erika Garcia and myself! Learn more at usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angele… (REQ20155892).

USC-led CLIMA Center led by @RimaHabre_ScD awarded $4.1 million by @NIH to study impact of wildfire smoke and extreme heat on human health. @KECKSchool_USC @USC @ResearchAtUSC @RNBluthenthal keck.usc.edu/news/usc-led-c…

Health is THE argument for climate action. 🫀 @COP29_AZ @WHO @RockefellerFdn @wellcometrust @JeremyFarrar @GCHAlliance @DiarmidCL @MazzucatoM search.app/pb6RkAab7cgmB7…

Graduating with your PhD, and want to make a difference in climate and health? Apply to this new USC postdoc position in Environmental Epi with Drs. Erika Garcia and myself! Apply at: usccareers.usc.edu/job/losangeles… @uscpphs @KECKSchool_USC @USCEnviroHealth @USCBiostat

🔎 The Salton Sea is rapidly drying, exposing more lakebed & increasing wind-blown dust in nearby communities. This dust contains harmful particles like toxic metals, leading to public health concerns especially for children in the area.#SaltonSea #EnvironmentalJustice #CCVHealth

@designrulesco @metrolosangeles I would love to buy a poster of this!

The LA card features @metrolosangeles light rail P3010 and Breda A650 subway trains criss-crossing our beautiful, sun soaked city 🌞 We included a prominent DTLA (where we're based) alongside an LA sunset, the hills, and some of the ever-present palm trees🌴

The Chicago card recognizes the 'L' for what it is - the most iconic elevated subway system in the country. 🙌 Featuring the Sears and Hancock towers on a moody moonlight night, we catch a 5000-series train rounding a corner. @cta

The future of climate health research: An urgent call for equitable action- and solution-oriented science dlvr.it/TFC2wm

Faculty member @TracyBastain and team conducted the first U.S.-based study examining the link between prenatal fluoride and childhood social, emotional and behavioral functioning. Read their findings here: @madrescenter keck.usc.edu/news/fluoride-…

Our GoPass Fareless Pilot Program for students in L.A. County was made permanent today by the Metro Board of Directors.

EPA’s final car standards are a win for the environmental and public health! They will slash greenhouse gas and other harmful air pollution #emissions from passenger cars and trucks. epa.gov/newsreleases/b…

Researchers at @USCEnviroHealth @KECKSchool_USC found that ER visits for asthma dropped in neighborhoods with more zero-emissions vehicles – including battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell cars. @sandy_eckel @USCBiostat @uscpphs

@bryan_gallion @NBCNews Bryan, yes I took these photos myself this morning at Union Station in downtown LA. You may use them in your reporting.

@sandy_eckel Hey Sandy, I’m a reporter for @NBCNews. Hope you’re doing OK! Did you take these photos yourself? If so, could NBCU platforms and partners share them in our reporting? Thanks for considering, and stay safe!

Los Angeles Union Station: ankle-high rain boots are a requirement this morning, but otherwise my A-line commute was totally normal -thank you! @metrolosangeles @metrolaalerts

@da12vid I was grateful I wore my rainboots!

@sandy_eckel Thank you. Just to make sure I'm clear. You took these photos as you got off the train? That must have been a surprise.

@da12vid Yes, I took the pics as I entered the tunnel below the A-line platform. The tunnel serves many train lines. There is a large team in place working to bail out the water - it is partially working. Flooding has been worse in other years

@da12vid You may use these photos, and yes I took them myself. Sandy Eckel (she/her).

@sandy_eckel Would you agree that CNN can use your videos on all CNN media, worldwide in perpetuity along with affiliate distribution? Do you confirm you are the exclusive owner and rights’ holder of the Material, and did not create the Material using AI? What’s your name/pronouns for credit?

@da12vid David, these photos were taken at 6:34am this morning in Union Station in Downtown LA. I got no instructions from officials as I had come off local transit (A-line), but heard that folks taking MetroLink trains were routed outside and around the flooding.

@sandy_eckel Hi, I'm David w/CNN. I'm glad to see you were able to get where you were going safely. When/where did you take these photos? Did you get any special instructions from officials due to the flooding? How deep was water? 1/2