California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst in a new nationwide ranking of state laws designed to reduce plastic pollution. All 50 states still need to do much more to combat the ...

Pollution dropped for decades — but progress is slowing Since the Clean Air Act first passed, air pollution has dropped by nearly 80% across the country, according to this year's State of the ...

The association’s report measured three types of air pollution: short-term particle pollution, such as the smoke and other particles from wildfires and other brief air-quality changes; year ...

Power plants account for more than one-quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., according to the EPA, making them one of the most potent sources of climate pollution in the country.

If countries met air quality standards, citizens’ lives could be extended. Getty Images As of 2021, the country had cut its air pollution by just over 42% and its citizens gained an average of 2 ...

Recently, we’ve shown a close association between rising air pollution levels—specifically 2.5 micrometers particles (known as PM 2.5) from diesel exhaust and coal-fired power stations—and ...

Fossil fuel pollution is set to rise to 37.4 billion metric tons this year, an increase of 0.8% from 2023, a report found. Global emissions from coal, oil and gas are all projected to increase.

“By measuring the biological response to air pollution, we have a really unique opportunity to find out what is causing the effects of PM2.5 on Alzheimer’s disease risk.

The researchers estimate that cutting these types of emissions down to the World Health Organization's target levels by 2050 would cut global antibiotic resistance by almost 17%.