Air Pollution

Air quality is harming children, sea otters get some good news, and a utility company provides a partial mea culpa for a major fire.

The EPA sidelines science, the Harvard University bias case goes to trial, and the West Coast might get its first offshore wind auction.

According to researchers, air pollution kills thousands in the city every year.

Underprivileged kids growing up in congested cities must overcome many handicaps; this study suggests one of them is the very air they breathe.

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Public-health advocates say the changes are dangerous to human health.

New research links air pollution to higher levels of crime and other unethical acts.

A new study uncovers an underappreciated source of air pollution in the Golden State: fertilized soil.

The suit claims that sources of air pollution located within Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia are contributing to smog in New York and Connecticut.

In New Delhi, a group of runners used an assortment of gear to run a race through an air quality crisis that blanketed the city in smog.

Each time the electricity powers off in Kathmandu, thousands of diesel generators rumble to life, spewing noxious particulate matter, or PM2.5.

As cities try to control their air pollution with driving bans, research finds citizens react by buying more cars, watching more television, and, sometimes, by driving less and contributing to lower pollution in their towns.

Serious crimes are more likely to occur in neighborhoods downwind of air pollution, according to a new study.

New research finds air pollution levels are higher in states with Republican governors.

Models suggest atmospheric aerosol concentrations will increase as the temperatures keep climbing—and that's bad news for your lungs.

A study suggests regular pedestrian and cycling events temporarily improve air quality in surrounding areas.

U.S. regulators are now dinging Volkswagen for cheating on nitrogen oxides emissions tests. Data shows that officials are right to be upset.

Researchers argue that reducing fine particulate matter from forest fires, cars, and coal-fueled power plants is worth it, even if the levels are already low.

The Chinese government's pollution-cutting efforts for the 2008 Olympics improved birth weights in the city, a new study finds.

Armed conflict and economic recession in the Middle East brought an unexpected decline in air pollution, researchers say.

So you finally made it to the top of the mountain. Enjoy the air up there.

By air or water, pollution from power plants is a problem no matter which exit it takes.

A panic over renewable energy and billions in subsidies turned the world’s biggest carbon emitter into the world’s largest solar panel maker nearly overnight—but that doesn't mean those panels were put to use.

New Spanish research finds young brains develop faster if kids have more exposure to the natural world.