Air Pollution

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is concerned by the findings of a new study: 13% of childhood asthma cases are caused by gas stoves. Published January 10, 2023 09:02AM EST The age of fire is over and it's time we stop burning things. Activist and author Bill McKibben agrees: "We've…

Late last week, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed tighter limits to one of the country’s most dangerous air pollutants: fine particulate matter, or soot. But while the long-awaited move could save thousands of lives per year, health experts say it’s still not enough. Soot is also known as fine particulate…

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T he mother of a nine-year-old girl who died from an asthma attack and air pollution says she would be “overjoyed” as she is made a CBE. Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, from Lewisham, south-east London, has been named in the New Year Honours list for services to public health. She has been…

DENVER -- The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Colorado’s regulation of air pollution from industrial facilities discriminates against Hispanic residents and other racial minorities, according to a letter released Wednesday. That's a level of scrutiny long sought by Lucy Molina whose daughter goes to school near Colorado’s only petroleum…

DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether Colorado’s regulation of air pollution from industrial facilities discriminates against Hispanic residents and other racial minorities, according to a letter released Wednesday. That’s a level of scrutiny long sought by Lucy Molina whose daughter goes to school near Colorado’s only petroleum refinery. Three…

The U.S. Energy Department declared a power emergency in Texas, citing a shortage of electricity as an Arctic winter blast causes power plants to fail. The order allows the state’s grid operator to exceed certain air pollution limits to boost generation amid record power demand in the state. The Electric…

 A bird flies next to the smog-covered Akshardham temple in New Delhi, India, November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Air pollution worsened in New Delhi on Monday to the "very poor" category after a few days of clear skies, as lower temperatures and calmer winds…

Published On 15 Dec 202215 Dec 2022 A smokey brown haze blankets India’s northern plains and the national capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, affecting the health of millions of people, but the authorities have found few solutions to the pollution crisis and are literally unable to…

Ministry of Science & Technology Tree plantation for Special Campaign 2.0 at DST campus targets swachhata goals like prevention of air pollution, soil erosion & groundwater depletion Posted On: 28 OCT 2022 4:36PM by PIB Delhi An old warehouse for storage of food grains imported by USAID under Public Law…