The effects of childhood exposure to poor air quality may be small for the individual, but at a population level, they could ...

A recent University of Utah study found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not adequately measuring air ...

The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated ...

Referring to a little-known provision, it said power plants and others could write to seek exemptions to mercury and other ...

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Mar. 12, 2025 — New Delhi's air pollution is more severe than previously estimated with particles absorbing atmospheric water vapor leading to particulate matter levels across the city being ...

When wildfires threaten communities, human health can be impacted as smoke distributes on the breeze, infiltrating various structures. To help people protect themselves and their families, researchers ...

President Trump's EPA administrator aims to roll back environmental protections in an effort to reduce the agency's spending.

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

A generic 40-kilowatt-hour electric vehicle battery, about the size in a Nissan Leaf, requires over 8 pounds of lithium, over ...

Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, including the use of poorly-ventilated stoves and open fires for cooking inside dwellings. Photo by Mark Katzman. Air ...