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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

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

A view of the Shenango coke plant in Pittsburgh in December 2012. Credit: Allegheny County Clean Air Now

Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view of the xAI data center, called Colossus, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: Steve Jones, Flight by Southwings for SELC

In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

By Jennifer Ugwa

People travel through dense smog due to air pollution in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 17, 2024. Credit: Salman Ali/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging

By Chad Small

Vehicles move slowly through midtown Manhattan traffic in New York City on June 6, 2024. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

As California’s Emissions Rules Faces Court Battles, States Scramble To Save Their Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

Trent Williams and his grandson, Nathan, look across the Ohio River at the Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

NIH Scientists Link Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Mutations in Non-Smokers

By Keerti Gopal

A television crew is shrouded in smoke from the Jones Road fire on April 24 in Forked River, N.J. Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images

As Wildfires Increase, NJ Considers the Impact on Public Health

By Anna Mattson

U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works is seen in the background of a neighborhood in Clairton, Pa. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Air Pollution Is ‘Keeping Kids Out of School’ in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, Study Shows

By Kiley Bense

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a town hall event with other West Coast state attorneys general to discuss protecting democracy in Seattle on June 2. Credit: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

California Sues Trump Administration Over Right to Clean Air

By Liza Gross

Smoke from Canadian wildfires covers the Chicago skyline on June 6. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Increases Bad-Air Days, Are Government Agencies Doing Enough?

By Leigh Giangreco

The majority-Black residents of north Birmingham continue to face the impacts of the idled Bluestone Coke facility. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring

By Lee Hedgepeth

Parham Azimi, a Harvard University researcher, checks an outdoor air monitor which has been collecting samples for the last week outside Nicole Bryne’s house on April 1 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Nina Dietz/Inside Climate News

After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

An aerial view of traffic on a smoggy day in Los Angeles in January 1985. Credit: Ernst Haas/Getty Images

Republicans Flout Law and Precedent to Kill California’s Right to Clean Air

By Liza Gross

People cross the street during a dust storm on March 7 in downtown El Paso, Texas. Credit: Justin Hamel

El Paso Hasn’t Seen This Many Dust Storms Since the Dust Bowl

By Martha Pskowski

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