Scientists are exploring a surprisingly simple way to clean up diesel engines: adding tiny droplets of water to the fuel. During combustion, the water rapidly vaporizes, triggering micro-explosions ...

An Environmental Protection Agency report released Tuesday shows concentrations of fine-particle pollution have declined in most of the country in the last five years , especially in Southern ...

Researchers in Nigeria say water in diesel emulsions could significantly reduce nitrogen oxides and particulate emissions ...

Scientists discover that adding water to diesel fuel could slash nitrogen oxide emissions by 67% and particulate matter by 68 ...

Older diesel trucks sit at the center of a policy fight that touches public health, climate goals, and the economics of freight. Regulators see high-emitting engines as a lingering liability from an ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made $9 million in grant funding available for clean diesel projects to reduce diesel pollution and emissions exposure from the nation's existing fleet of ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent study led by the University of Eastern Finland. The findings, published in ...

American Lung Association report focuses on improving community-based air monitoring in high pollution areas; West Oakland project serves as potential blueprint for other communities ...

(WHTM) — Pennsylvania children may be at risk because of diesel truck traffic near schools and daycares. According to the Clean Trucks Pennsylvania Coalition, it found 70,000 children are exposed to ...

The National City Council voted Tuesday to postpone a decision on a proposed fuel transfer station after hours of public testimony and debate over environmental and health impacts. Councilmembers ...

Air pollution caused by cruise ships docking in Seattle is expected to be reduced by one-third by plugging Princess Cruises' ships into dockside electrical outlets instead of powering the ships by ...