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

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.

Studies have linked short-term exposure to severe air pollution with an increased risk of outpatient visits or hospitalization for depression or anxiety.

PHOTOS: New Delhi chokes on air pollution 50 times the safe limit. Authorities in India’s capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on ...

Its air pollution dropped 42.3 percent between 2013 and 2021. If the improvements are sustained, the average Chinese citizen will be able to live 2.2 years longer.

Current air pollution levels in the U.S., which are much better than they were before the passage of the Clean Air Act of 1970, are still responsible for more than 88,000 deaths a year, according ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.