Air pollution caused the asthma attack that killed 9-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in 2013, a London coroner said Wednesday. The landmark determination, that "exposure to excessive air pollution" was a "significant contributory factor"
The city of Arlington, Texas, denied approval for a fracking well after advocates connected the disproportionate harms oil and gas drilling operations have on communities of color. The move came just after
Children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of ultrafine particulate pollution while they were in utero were more likely to develop asthma, new research has found. The study, published in the
Burning fossil fuels is making the North American spring pollen allergy season come earlier, linger longer, and be all-around more miserable, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National
Neighborhoods with the worst COVID-19 death rates and respiratory hazards from air pollution in Bronx, NY – itself the worst county in the nation for COVID-19 and air pollution – are clustered around
Southern California air quality regulators approved a rule on Friday to cut down on air pollution related to the approximately 3,000 logistics warehouses that have proliferated in the region, disproportionately in and
In the Greys Ferry neighborhood of South Philadelphia, which sits in the shadow of a 150-year-old oil Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery so large it nearly eclipses the acreage of Central Park
Gas stoves are likely exposing tens of millions of Americans to air pollution levels that would be illegal if they were outside, according to a new report. The report, compiled by the
Legislation introduced Thursday would create an interagency task force to tackle environmental racism by mapping and tracking a number of factors that harm public health in segregated communities, including lead pollution, air
On days when the air pollution is especially bad, a mother in Tulare County, California – where cows outnumber people two to one – forbids her children from going outside. The woman,
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