WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration on Thursday ordered reductions in smog and soot pollution across 28 states in the East, South and Midwest with the goal of making the air cleaner to breathe for ...

Over the years, growing evidence has revealed a stark injustice: Residents of the Bay Area’s poorest cities are far more likely to be exposed to smog and soot than those in rich ones. Now, a ...

Kraków’s ban on burning solid fuels plus subsidies for cleaner heating has led to clearer air and better health As a child, Marcel Mazur had to hold his breath in parts of Kraków thick with “so much ...

People could add years to their lives in California and other smog-plagued parts of the world if authorities could reduce particulate pollution — soot from cars and industry — to levels recommended by ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. environmental regulators finalized a rule on Thursday to slash air pollution from coal-fired power plants in 27 states east of the Rocky Mountains that result in unhealthy ...

The report cards are out and most of the New Orleans area received a failing grade for the amount of ozone, or smog, in the air, according to the American Lung Association. The grades are part of an ...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Thursday ordered reductions in smog and soot pollution across 28 states in the East, South and Midwest with the goal of making the air cleaner to breathe for ...

Tighter limits on soot and smog provide a quick and easy way to fight global warming while protecting human health and raising crop output, a U.N. study said on Tuesday. It outlined 16 measures, ...

Over the years, growing evidence has revealed a stark injustice: Compared with rich cities, poorer cities suffer disproportionately from exposure to smog and soot. Now, a data-driven map of individual ...