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Julissa Hernandez used to run track and field as a student at Niagara Falls High School before her asthma forced her to quit. She believes the poor air quality in in the New York town contributed to her complications. Credit: Jennifer Wybieracki

How Two Teens in Niagara Falls Are Confronting Pollution and a Mental Health Crisis

By Jennifer Wybieracki

White-gray emissions billow from the stacks in the background. In the foreground is an American flag on a telephone pole.

The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Trump’s Push for Coal in Colorado Could Bring ‘Massive’ Harm to Public Lands and Rural Communities, Advocates Say

By Jake Bolster

People walk across a road amid dense smog in Lahore on Dec. 12. Credit: Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images

In Lahore’s Smog Season, This Gen Z Doctor Is Centering Climate Change

By Keerti Gopal

A layer of smog lingers above the downtown Los Angeles skyline on Dec. 6, 2024, as the region faces an air quality alert issued by the National Weather Service. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Growing Tensions with Air Regulator Lead Top California Environmental Justice Advisor to Resign

By Blanca Begert

Diesel-fueled generators sit between buildings at the Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic

By Arcelia Martin

Semi-trucks drive on the highway next to the CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Elwood, Ill. Credit: Siri Chilukuri/Inside Climate News

Trucks Move the Country’s Goods Through This County. As Even More Loom, People Are Pushing Back.

By Siri Chilukuri

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, an industrial plant that emits benzene, particulate matter and other pollutants, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on an early morning in October when atmospheric conditions trapped air pollution close to the ground.

The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. The Real Emissions Are Far Worse.

By Lisa Song, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

The organizers are standing in a cluster in the foreground. Beyond them are the silos, tagged with graffiti, and demolition equipment.

Environmental Advocates Keep Eyes on Iconic Chicago Silos as Demolition Resumes

By Aydali Campa

White plumes of smoke billow above U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants

By Jon Hurdle

People walk along the East River in Brooklyn at sunrise on Aug. 12, as New York City experiences an air quality health advisory. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Urban Heat and Air Pollution May Harm Developing Brains in the Womb, Study Suggests

By Jaylan Sims

A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality on August 5. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

‘It’s Never Good!’: A Street-Level Look at New York City’s Air Quality

By Lauren Dalban

U.S. Steel’s mill in Gary, Ind. Credit: Mira Oberman/AFP via Getty Images

Residents Living in the Shadow of the Steel Industry Ask the EPA to Reconsider Delay of Hazardous Air Pollution Rule

By Kiley Bense

Samuel Corona (right) and Katia Balba give a “toxic tour” at Steelworkers Park in Chicago with their organization, Alliance of the Southeast, on July 17. Credit: Fern Alling/Inside Clean Energy

Despite HUD Mandate Withdrawal, the Push for Clean Air Moves Forward in Chicago

By Fern Alling

Hydrocarbon storage tanks—like this one in the backyard of a home in Arvin, Calif., and next to a playground—pose a disproportionate health risk when they leak. In addition to the climate super-pollutant methane, they emit a cocktail of toxic gases, including the carcinogen benzene. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released With Methane in Super-Emitter Events

By Liza Gross

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is seen following an explosion at the Pennsylvania plant on Aug. 11. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Amid Ongoing Pollution From Steel Plants, Trump EPA Urged to Drop Delay in Fenceline Monitoring Requirements

By Jon Hurdle

Val Verde and Castaic residents call for the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to be closed during a protest in Castaic, Calif., on Feb. 22, 2024. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Smoldering, Noxious Waste Dump Next Door

By Liza Gross

A lifeguard stands watch amid a haze of Canadian wildfire smoke at Loyola Beach on Chicago’s North Side in June. The West and South sides of the city get heavy air pollution all year. Credit: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Chicago Aims To Have Most Air Pollution Sensors in the US

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

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