Air Pollution

A measure to conserve groundwater in northwestern India has led to unexpected consequences: Added air pollution in an area already beset by haze and smog. A new study reveals how water-use policies require farmers to transplant rice later in the year, which …

Improved air quality can be a major bonus of climate mitigation policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. By cutting air pollution levels in the country where emissions are produced, such policies can avoid significant numbers of premature deaths. …

Spotted: MyAir is an app provides real-time visualisation of air pollution around Skopje, North Macedonia. The app, designed by local tech developer Gorjan Jovanovski, is currently used by almost 5 percent of North Macedonias entire population. The app runs …

Several 2020 presidential hopefuls are highlighting climate justice as a priority ahead of this week’s Democratic debates in Michigan, a state whose residents have faced persistent lead- and chemical-tainted water supplies along with dangerous air pollution a…

Pregnant women exposed to higher levels of air pollutants had children with lower IQs, compared to the children of women exposed to lower levels, a new study reports. Researchers looked at 1,005 pregnant women participating in the Conditions Affecting Neurod…

China's pledge to cut its carbon dioxide emissions beginning in 2030 includes a generous gift for its downwind neighbors: less deadly air pollution. By 2030, there will be nearly 2,000 fewer premature deaths in the United States from inhaling pollutants emit…

China's pledge to cut its carbon dioxide emissions beginning in 2030 includes a generous gift for its downwind neighbors: less deadly air pollution. By 2030, there will be nearly 2,000 fewer premature deaths in the United States from inhaling pollutants emit…

Representatives of potters in Uttam Nagar have approached the Supreme Court against an NGT order in December 2018 that directed all wood-fired kilns be shut down in the area. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) Thursday directed around 1,200 pottery…

On Thursday, four of the worlds biggest automakers announced they had made a deal with California that undercuts the Trump administrations efforts to soften harsh vehicle emissions rules that cripple consumers capacity to afford new cars. As The Washington P…

THURSDAY, July 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Despite improved air quality since the 1990s, pollution still causes lung disease, heart attacks and strokes that kill more than 30,000 Americans each year, a new study estimates. Researchers looked at concentratio…