The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned ...

The growing availability of low-cost air quality sensors is helping people across the world track air pollution. Headway The growing availability of low-cost air quality sensors is helping people ...

In the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protective layer. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this colorless gas is incredibly harmful to human health and the environment in ways scientists are ...

A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight the potential impact ...

BUSAN, South Korea — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They ...

People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

India’s battle with pollution has gone literal. To clean up Delhi’s filthy air, officials now routinely deploy “anti-smog” guns across the capital. The band-aid solution reflects desperation: air ...

How dark is the night sky where you live? If you’re in an urban area, the answer will likely be “not dark at all”. The pervasiveness of artificial light – be it in the form of streetlamps, billboards, ...

A new study reveals that premature deaths and illnesses from air pollution related to gas and oil operations disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous, Asian and Latino communities. California ...

Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled. Credit...Cody O'Loughlin for The New York Times Supported by ...

A new rule by the EPA to no longer consider the economic cost of human health from two major air pollutants in its ...