More Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air Due to Wildfires, Extreme Heat April 25, 2025 By Emma Court Around 156 million Americans, nearly half of the US population, now live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution,...
India Insurers Look to Hike Health Premiums as Pollution Stings February 21, 2025 By Ashwin Manikandan Indian insurers are considering making New Delhi residents pay 10% to 15% more for new health policies after an extraordinary...
Louisiana Community Protest Approval Process for Ammonia Plant November 8, 2024 By Jack Brook ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted...
How Texas Weakened Its Own Air Pollution Monitoring Team October 8, 2024 By Dylan Baddour and Peter Aldhous When disaster affects the sprawling industrial complexes of Texas, the state’s environmental authority often posts pictures online of its white...
Smoke Plume Over Houston Fades After TPC Restores Power August 26, 2024 By Antonia Mufarech and Lucia Kassai Texas chemical producer TPC Group Inc. has restored normal operations at its facility that spewed thick, black smoke into the...
Supreme Court Blocks EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Plan June 28, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court blocked an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing ozone emissions that may worsen air pollution...
World’s Workers Increasingly at Risk as Climate Changes: Int’l Labour Organization April 22, 2024 More than 70% of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands...
Ten Texas Counties Have Soot Levels Above EPA Standards February 12, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a long-anticipated rule aimed at reducing the level of air pollution known...
U.S. Steel Agrees to Spend Millions to Settle Suit Over Pollution Violations After 2018 Fire February 1, 2024 U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by...
US Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Plan January 5, 2024 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on late last month said it would hear a bid to block the Environmental Protection Agency...