Morning Briefing

A recent randomized trial by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers looking at how well clean cookstoves worked in real-world settings found that while there was "a meaningful reduction in smoke inhalation in the first year after a stove was installed, ... [o]ver a longer period ... they saw no health benefits and no reduction in fuel use" because families did not maintain or repair broken stoves, a Bloomberg editorial notes, adding, "This doesn't suggest the clean cookstove campaign should be abandoned so much as slowed down. It would be wise to test various designs in real-life settings, and, where necessary, take more time to human-proof models."