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Vijay Limaye and Jonathan Patz: Trump EPA needs to comply with air pollution limits

A coalition of 10 states, including Wisconsin, is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for unlawfully failing to implement updated national air pollution limits meant to...

Almost half of US population breathes unhealthy air, Earth Day report finds

Overall, the ALA report found some improvements across the nation in terms of particle pollution, but worsening impacts of ozone.

Almost half of US population breathes unhealthy air, Earth Day report finds

Overall, the ALA report found some improvements across the nation in terms of particle pollution, but worsening impacts of ozone.

Central Asia Introduces Clean Air Initiative at RES 2026

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Air pollution in Central Asia remains a serious and growing challenge driven by both h...

NEW: Sierra Club Tool Shows Deadly Impact of Coal on Public Health Across the Country

Washington, D.C. — Today, Sierra Club released a new web tool that shows that every year, approximately 6,500 Americans die prematurely from illnesses linked to coal air pollution....

Conservation Groups Issue Reply to EPA in West Virginia Regional Haze Lawsuit

The Groups are Challenging the State’s Abysmal EPA-Approved Regional Haze Plan CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club, and Earthjustice lawsuit...

How the AI boom derailed clean‑air efforts in one of America's most polluted cities

Trump's environmental rollbacks in support of AI mark ​a reversal in U.S. policy and have proven painful for America's clean air activists.

Report: Many Indiana counties receive poor grades for air quality

The 2026 "State of the Air" report from the American Lung Association showed soot and smog levels in Indiana do not paint a healthy picture.Emissions data taken between 2022 and 20...

U.S. Rep. Tiffany: Wisconsin congressmen introduce Fair Air Standards Act, addressing ozone nonattainment, vehicle emiss...

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07), Bryan Steil (WI-01), Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), and Glenn Grothman (WI-06) introduced the Fair Air Standards Act addressing...

Air quality sensors reveal pollution hot spots

The Hispanic Access Foundation found that in several Latino communities, particulate pollution exceeded federal standards. The post Air quality sensors reveal pollution hot spots a...

Almost half of US population breathes unhealthy air: Earth Day report

Overall, the ALA report found some improvements across the nation in terms of particle pollution, but worsening impacts of ozone.

How to Breathe Better Air

(NAPSI)—­You can’t see them but they can harm you and the people you care about with every breath you take.

EPA Rolls Back Power Plant Air Toxics Updates, Reverting to 2012 MATS Framework

The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) are federal air pollution regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Air Act. Finalized in 201...

How to Limit The Health Risks Posed by Polluted Air

SUNDAY, April 12, 2026 — Air pollution just isn’t what it used to be.While levels of lead and sulfur dioxide have dropped due to environmental regulations, other threats to air qu...

In the US, where people breathe increasingly dirty air, one small city stands out

The American Lung Association calls it a “grim indication of the deterioration of air quality nationwide”: Bangor, Maine, is the last city standing on all three of its “cleanest ci...

Earth Day brings reminder to North Country of actions that can help make a difference

The American Lung Association says 1.1 million children in New York suffer from poor air quality.

Central Asia Steps Up Air Quality Efforts Amid Rising Pollution

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan ranked 29th globally for air pollution in 2025, with fine particulate matte...

Wisconsin congressmen push for end to vehicle emissions testing

(The Center Square) – A group of Wisconsin congressmen have introduced a bill that would allow Wisconsin to petition to have its air quality designation change and remove the requi...

U.S. Fossil Fuel Environmentalism: EPA Air Quality Statistics

From 1970 to 2023, U.S. emissions of six criteria air pollutants declined 78% while GDP grew 321% and energy consumption rose 42%—consistent with the Environmental Kuznets Curve an...

States Are Urging Thousands to Stop Driving Over Air Quality — Here’s Why It Matters

There’s a particular kind of alert that most people scroll past without a second thought. It doesn’t carry the urgency of a tornado warning or the drama of a hurricane track. It si...

Zimmetry Environmental Celebrates Clean Air Month in Puerto Rico

In recognition of Clean Air Month this May, Zimmetry Environmental, Puerto Rico's leading indoor and outdoor air quality testing and environmental consulting firm, is highlighting...

Restore Earth Day’s Legacy

Click to expand Image Smoke billows over the Mississippi River in Louisiana’s Cancer All...

Trump EPA Downplays Local Emissions in Proposed Repeal

The EPA on Tuesday proposed rescinding a Biden-era ruling to reclassify Utah’s Wasatch Front from “serious” nonattainment of the 2015 ozone standards to mere “moderate” nonattainme...