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A blanket of smog covers downtown Los Angeles as seen from Mulholland Drive in 1984. Credit: UCLA Library, Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ignoring Federal Law, House GOP Targets California’s Nation-Leading Vehicle Pollution Rules

By Liza Gross

People walk through New York City’s Central Park as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause unhealthy air quality on June 7, 2023. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High

By Keerti Gopal

Robert Taylor stands outside his home, which is near a neoprene factory in Reserve, La. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

As Chemical Industry Seeks Exemption From Pollution Limits, Residents See Assault on Their Lives

By Nicholas Kusnetz

What 30 Years of Fighting for Environmental Justice Looks Like in One Community

By Bhabna Banerjee

An oil refinery operates next to a neighborhood of homes in Wilmington, Calif. Credit: Allison Dinner/Getty Images

EPA Deregulation Would Be a ‘Tragedy’ for Health, Experts Say

By Keerti Gopal

An aerial view of Monterrey in the Mexican state of Nuevo León on May 1, 2024. Credit: Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

As Monterrey’s Air Quality Worsens, Citizens Demand Urgent Government Action

By Andrés Muedano

When sugarcane fields are burned, the fires emit large plumes of smoke and rain ash across three counties. Residents call the ash “black snow.” Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Everglades

In Florida, State Rules Concentrate Toxic Smoke in Underserved Communities

By Amy Green

Homes sit in the shadows of the Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles on Sept. 25, 2024. Credit: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Living Near Active Oil and Gas Wells May Have Increased Risk of Dying from COVID-19

By Liza Gross

Sharon Wilson, of the non-profit Oilfield Witness, uses a gas imaging camera to capture otherwise invisible emissions from an Energy Transfer compressor station in Arlington, Texas. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

‘Drill Baby Drill’: Texas City Approves New Site for Fracking Near Daycare and Schools

By Dylan Baddour

Mychal Johnson (center), co-founder of South Bronx Unite, speaks about one of the air monitors his group has installed around the New York neighborhood to measure pollution. Credit: Nicholas Kusnetz/Inside Climate News

New York’s Congestion Pricing Could Worsen Traffic in Poor Neighborhoods

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Lancaster County residents Suzy Hamme and Stephen Haldeman bought their own air quality sensor, as government pollution monitoring is inadequate in the region. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

Millions Left in Air Pollution ‘Blind Spots’ Despite Stricter EPA Standards

By Rambo Talabong

Smoke and flames overwhelm the Altadena area of Los Angeles County during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Smoke and Ash Made More Toxic by the Contents of Burning Homes Threaten Residents of LA and Beyond

By Audrey Gray and Andrew Robinson

A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

By Lisa Sorg

A view of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery after a massive fire triggered several large explosions at the complex in South Philadelphia on June 21, 2019. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Five Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist

By Jon Hurdle

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has recorded high benzene emissions for nearly 20 years outside K-Solv, a barge-cleaning and chemical distribution facility in the southeastern corner of Channelview, Texas. Credit: Jeffersonn Castellanos/Univision45

Levels of Cancer-Causing Benzene Reached New Heights in Beleaguered Channelview. Regulators Never Told Residents

By Savanna Strott, Public Health Watch

Bobby Jones stands in front of Duke Energy's STAR facility in Goldsboro, N.C. Jones co-founded the Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition, which advocates for people in eastern North Carolina burdened by pollution. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan’

By Lisa Sorg

A view of the ExxonMobil Baytown refinery in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix for The Washington Post via Getty Images

Federal Appeals Court Upholds $14.25 Million Fine Against Exxon for Pollution in Texas

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune

Diesel trucks are seen driving through the Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, N.J. Credit: Yana Paskova/The Washington Post via Getty Images

With NJ’s Tough New Environmental Justice Law in Place, Why Is Newark in Line for Another Power Plant?

By Emilie Lounsberry

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