Limaye, of the NRDC, called it a “toxic soup of air pollution.” It carries soot and ash, regulated as particulate pollution, as well as hydrocarbons and other gases that, cooked in sunlight ...

Air pollution takes an $800 billion annual toll on the U.S. economy. Wildfires — worsened by climate change — are making it worse. ... the NRDC found. Perhaps unsurprisingly, ...

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Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida are the states with the most toxic air pollution from coal and oil power plants, according to a new report by an environmental advocacy group. IE 11 is not supported.

The proposed rollback of emissions regulations is part of the Trump administration's efforts to repeal rules that aim to address climate change.

The policy intended to keep toxic air pollution levels not just lower, but as low as possible. But under the first Trump administration, the EPA allowed major sources to re-categorize if they had ...

Air pollution used to be much worse. In October of 1948, a thick, choking smog settled over the small Pennsylvania town of Donora. The town was home to two steel plants.

The American Lung Association report finds that climate events are causing more people in the U.S. to breathe toxic air even as other pollution falls.

Wildfire smoke is a dirty and complicated polluter. Limaye, of the NRDC, called it a “toxic soup of air pollution.” It carries soot and ash, regulated as particulate pollution, as well as hydrocarbons ...