Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.
In this file photo, former Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Sec. Chuck Carr Brown poses next to the agency's mobile air monitoring units. The officials move them around the state to ...
The Los Angeles metro is once again the worst for ozone in the nation, a harmful pollutant and “main ingredient in smog” that experts say millions more Americans were exposed to nationwide in a new ...
Ozone pollution isn’t just a summer story anymore. In parts of northern China, high ozone levels are now appearing during winter—an alarming twist that defies decades of air quality science. This ...
Wednesday brings another Ozone Action Day to Greater Houston as sunny and hot weather contributes to poor air quality. When will air quality be worst and how can you prepare? Let’s break down when you ...
In the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protective layer. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this colorless gas is incredibly harmful to human health and the environment in ways scientists are ...
The agency will no longer consider health costs and deaths prevented when reducing two major pollutants, but will account for costs to industry.
Air pollution levels keep getting worse for more people in the U.S., according to a new report, and experts say the Trump administration’s proposed deregulation plans will make it even harder for ...
In New York City, air pollution is unevenly distributed among the city’s neighborhoods, often in surprising ways, according to data from the New York City Department of Health, which tracks several ...
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