air pollution

Air quality levels have been bad in Accra since December as harmattan season kicks in across Ghana. The data coming in shows the situation is not improving.
Climate Change
Hazy skies over Accra: Harsh harmattan season in Ghana leads to health hazards, poor air quality
Superhero Priya fights injustice along with her trusted tiger Sahas.
Environment
Superhero Priya tries to rescue New Delhi from air pollution on Earth Day
The Shell Norco refinery in Norco, Louisiana, Thursday, March 8, 2018.
Health & Medicine
A new interactive map can help assess carcinogenic emissions risk
Workers prepare to replace older water pipes with a new copper one in Newark, New Jersey, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021.
Health & Medicine
Scientists link childhood lead exposure to adult mental health problems
Air pollution in Tehran on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.
Health & Medicine
New WHO air pollution standards could save millions of lives each year
Founder of RISE St. James and 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Sharon Lavigne
Environment
Hurricane Ida adds misery to ‘Cancer Alley’: Part I
In this July 27, 2018, photo the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun.
Environment
Fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 premature deaths worldwide, study says
The top of a palace building in China's Forbidden City is barely viewable in a photograph showing a dense amount of smog.
Climate Change
China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change
Los Angeles smog
Prior exposure to air pollution increases risk of death from COVID-19, new research suggests
Air pollution in China
Health & Medicine
Air pollution is a silent killer, even when it meets EPA standards
Smog Salt Lake City, Utah
Environment
A new EPA rule will require confidential health records for scientific studies
A group of young protesters hold signs and posters.
Health & Medicine
How climate change affects children’s health
The tops of buildings are barely visible through a thick layer of smog.
Climate Change
Smothered by smog, activists are urging Poland to reconsider coal
Polluting plant
Environment
Groups sue EPA over regulatory rollback, saying clean air is ‘at risk’
A man leans out of the door of his house down the street from large coal power plant smokestacks in Beijing.
Health
Coal plant emissions damage infant DNA, a new study shows
Raised hands at school
Environment
For poor and minority children, excessive air pollution creates a toxic learning environment
For years, Shanghai has featured some of China's worst air pollution. Recent initiatives by the Chinese government, though, have begun to clean up some of the problem.
Economics
With the US pursuing fossil fuels, alternative, renewable forms of energy could be an even bigger boon to China
People cross the road in Delhi, India, during the height of the most recent air pollution crisis, Nov. 7, 2017.
Environment
As New Delhi’s pollution crisis persists, so do widespread public denial and complacency
London residents take a stroll in Hyde Park on an autumn day. A new study showed that taking walks in a park setting may be much more beneficial than a similar walk on a crowded city street.
Lifestyle
When it comes to walking in a park or down a city street, a study finds not all exercise is created equal
Clairton Coke Work
Environment
Residents sue US Steel over air pollution in Western Pennsylvania
An oil well pictured, back lit by a sunset near Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Environment
Appeals court blocks Trump’s attempt to roll back methane rules
A man walks on the roof of a traditional ger home while fixing the chimney of a coal burning stove on a cold hazy day on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Environment
Mongolian nomads say goodbye to herding, hello to smog
Pollution from US Steel's Edgar Thomson steel mill
Environment
Air pollution is as unhealthy as secondhand smoke, a new study says
PEC cell
Science
A new device can clean polluted air and turn it into hydrogen energy
London smog
Environment
A new study finds air pollution harms human happiness
New York skyline smog
Economics
Smog in New York City could be affecting the stock market, new research says
Paris traffic
Environment
Paris moves to ban older, polluting cars from its streets
Avon Lake power plant
Environment
Pollution from America’s power plants is a deadly serious problem, a new study shows
Asthma free school zone
Environment
Research from Sweden finds a link between air pollution and mental disorders in young people
Destiny Watford
Environment
A Baltimore student led a drive against an incinerator in her neighborhood. Now she’s won a major award.
Coal in West Virginia
Environment
In the US, the cost of illnesses triggered by air pollution is falling
New EPA legislation will require that school buses shut down their engines after 5 minutes of idling. Some newer buses automatically turn off after a few minutes of idling.
Environment
School bus pollution is dangerous, and efforts to control it are still uneven
Kong Ning wears a wedding dress decorated with 999 face masks for her performance art work 'Marry the blue sky' as she poses for a photograph in front of the China Central Television (CCTV) Headquarters on a hazy day in Beijing November 19, 2014.
Environment
China quashes debate on viral documentary on air pollution
Coal power plant in New Mexico
Environment
The US Supreme Court will hear a challenge to EPA mercury emissions rule
Shanghai's skyscrapers Shanghai World Financial Center, left, Shanghai Tower, right, and Jin Mao Tower are seen at the financial district of Pudong during Earth Hour in Shanghai March 29, 2014. The buildings were shrouded in pollution.
Environment
China announces its own plan to rein in carbon emissions
Health & Medicine
Seven tips one researcher says can help you reduce your risk of breast cancer
China smog
Environment
What deteriorating air quality looks like around the world
An electronic sign above a Paris highway on March 17 reads "Road traffic forbidden for even-numbered license plates." Public transportation was free and drivers of cars with even-numbered license plates faced fines as authorities sought to reduce air poll
Environment
As the air clears in Paris, here’s a look beyond the smog emergency
An electronic sign above a Paris highway on March 17 reads "Road traffic forbidden for even-numbered license plates." Public transportation was free and drivers of cars with even-numbered license plates faced fines as authorities sought to reduce air poll
Environment
As the air clears in Paris, here’s a look beyond the smog emergency
A generation ago, privately-owned vehicles were rare in China. Nowadays, cities like Beijing are looking for ways to curb the public's reliance on private cars.
Lifestyle & Belief
If you want to drive in Beijing, you have to win the lottery — literally
Two office workers in Beijing told me they're thinking about moving out of the city because of the air pollution.
Environment
Beijingers don masks to defend themselves against dirty air — and to make a fashion statement
Health & Medicine
New research discovers vast impact on lifespan from China’s pollution
Environment
Beijing’s pollution defies measurement, but not history
Environment
Deadly London smog incident recalled on 60th anniversary
Environment
Los Angeles neighborhoods stand up for new pollution regulations
Environment
U.S. Clean Air Act is back in court
Environment
Studies link pollution to lower IQs, increased Alzheimer’s risk
Global Politics
Air quality regulations could save US economy billions
Environment
Thousands of deaths caused by China’s coal energy
Coal and Shortened Lives in China
Deadly Smog
Conflict & Justice
A Clean Air Act For China?
Conflict & Justice
Beijing Residents Struggle to Cope with Off-the-Charts Air Pollution
Arts, Culture & Media
London’s ‘Great Smog of 1952″²
Health & Medicine
WHO: Fumes from Diesel Exhaust Cause Cancer
Global Politics
China Warns Foreign Embassies Not To Publish Pollution Data
Short Term Solution for Climate Change
Environment
Farms, Factories, and a Dangerous Nitrogen Overload
EPA’s Good Neighbor Rule has wide Health Benefits
Clean Air Battle Heads to Supreme Court