air pollution

Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find

Two researchers from the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic in New Orleans discuss their peer-reviewed studies that challenge the official narrative from government and industry.

By James Bruggers

EPA Moves Away From Permian Air Pollution Crackdown

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution

By Victoria St. Martin

NOAA Climate Scientists Cruise Washington and Baltimore for Hotspots—of Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants

By Aman Azhar

A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will Soon Become the State’s Second Largest Emitter of Volatile Organic Chemicals

By Reid Frazier, StateImpact Pennsylvania

Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers? Study Identifies Air Pollution as a Trigger

By Victoria St. Martin

Nueva página web muestra donde se propone contaminar en Houston

By Dylan Baddour

A New Website Aims to Penetrate the Fog of Pollution Permitting in Houston

By Dylan Baddour

Study Identifies Outdoor Air Pollution as the ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’

By Victoria St. Martin

The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color

By Kristoffer Tigue

In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World

By Zoha Tunio

For the First Time, a Harvard Study Links Air Pollution From Fracking to Early Deaths Among Nearby Residents

By James Bruggers

In San Francisco’s Most Polluted Neighborhood, the Polluters Operate Without Proper Permits, Reports Say

By Elena Shao

Warming Trends: Cacophonous Reefs, Vertical Gardens and an Advent Calendar Filled With Tiny Climate Protesters

By Katelyn Weisbrod

In San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point Neighborhood, Advocates Have Taken Air Monitoring Into Their Own Hands

By Elena Shao

Long Concerned About Air Pollution, Baltimore Experienced Elevated Levels on 43 Days in 2020

By Agya K. Aning

Air Pollution From Raising Livestock Accounts for Most of the 16,000 US Deaths Each Year Tied to Food Production, Study Finds

By Georgina Gustin

The Fires May be in California, but the Smoke, and its Health Effects, Travel Across the Country

By Evelyn Nieves, Michael Kodas

How the Harvard Covid-19 Study Became the Center of a Partisan Uproar

By Marianne Lavelle