Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air ...

Air pollution is still a danger to roughly one in every three Americans. People of color are 64 percent more likely to live in a county with a failing grade for either ozone or particulate matter.

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

The American Lung Association report finds that climate events are causing more people in the U.S. to breathe toxic air even as other pollution falls.

Only 13 of the world’s countries and territories had “healthy” air quality last year, according to a new report, as air pollution surged to alarming levels in 2022.

The specific type of pollution at the forefront of this study, published in Nature Communications, is particulate matter (PM) air pollution. PM air pollution is a mixture of solid particulates and ...

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Nevertheless, air pollution still kills more than 100,000 Americans every year. The realization that COVID-19 may match or even exceed that toll has rightly terrified Americans.

Man-made air pollution has decreased in recent years — but overall air pollution is worsening due in part to wildfires sweeping smog across the country, according to a new analysis.

Toxic Air Pollution in India and Pakistan Is “a National Disaster” When the air quality index hits 300, it’s considered an emergency. Delhi’s reached 1,185 this past week.