Air Pollution

Atlanta has spent decades battling smog and air pollution. Now, state regulators have cleared the way for a major natural gas expansion at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen, a massive coal-fired power plant roughly 40 miles northwest of downtown that could add hundreds of tons of new air pollution each year…

Air pollution is a widespread issue affecting millions of people around the world, causing disastrous effects. But we humans are not the only ones to suffer from unclean air. In the last decade, a growing body of research has started to demonstrate how air pollutants disrupt many aspects of insects’ lives too—…

Last week, when the Environmental Protection Agency finalized its repeal of tightened 2024 air pollution standards for power plants, the agency claimed the rollback would save $670 million. Environmental and legal experts said that claim is just the latest example of the agency’s flawed accounting process under the Trump administration,…

Cities are rapidly becoming the defining residential space of human life. Over 55% of the global population lived in urban areas in 2018, a proportion projected to reach nearly 68% by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN). While this unprecedented urban growth fuels innovation and economic activity, it simultaneously…

Synopsis Devendra Fadnavis said the Mumbai civic body has been told to build a dynamic monitoring system using IoT and AI to track air pollution sources in Mumbai. Air pollution will not be monitored effectively unless its system is based on IoT and AI, Fadnavis said in the legislative council.…

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and  The Salt Lake Tribune , a nonprofit newsroom in Utah. In Utah’s rural Millard County, Kalen Taylor is bracing for the day when the farmland across the street from his home transforms into a sprawling data center complex.  The…

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris burns up over Ingersleben, Germany on Feb. 19, 2025. (Image credit: Bennett Theile) For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as space debris burned up in Earth's atmosphere. The breakthrough measurement will help atmospheric…

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Senate Democrats have launched an investigation into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in January to disregard human health impacts when calculating the costs and benefits of regulating the harmful air pollutants ozone and PM2.5. Led by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., the Democrats last week sent a letter to EPA…

Breathing polluted air may do more than irritate your lungs — it could also raise your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Older adults who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution appear more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research led by Yanling Deng of Emory University...Read More