The government of Florida is proud of how quickly it built a new prison for immigrants. "Eight days, Mr. President," said Gov ...

The combined effects of climate change and air pollution have led to direct declines in precipitation in the U.S. Southwest, ...

Smoke travels hundreds of miles to harm air quality far from the fire, according to the EPA’s Wildfire Smoke and Your Patient ...

Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs of ...

With 7 of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up the ...

UC San Diego study of global lung cancer shows mutations that lead to cancer are common in people who live in cities with bad air pollution. But cancer mutations are quite close to normal among ...

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California regulators last updated landfill pollution standards in 2010. An activist says the latest effort to revisit them is inadequate.

Town-by-town air pollution information is not typically available, given there are not enough air quality monitoring stations in the state. The team determined levels for all cities and towns using ...

Every year, more than 300,000 people die of lung cancer due to PM 2.5, and research suggests these pollution particles not only initiate cancer-causing genetic defects but drive tumor formation.

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 ...

In a groundbreaking report released by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution, Air Quality Asia, and Boston College’s Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, researchers place ...