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...
World’s Most Toxic Air Prompts Indian Executives to Criticize Government’s Handling November 6, 2023 By Rakesh Sharma New Delhi’s pollution hit hazardous levels on Friday, forcing the city to shut schools and impose emergency measures, and prompting...
Climate’s ‘Catch-22’: Cutting Pollution Will Accelerate Global Warming November 3, 2023 By Jake Spring and David Stanway Air pollution, a global scourge that kills millions of people a year, is shielding us from the full force of...
How Excess Emissions Ballooned in Texas June 8, 2023 By Naveena Sadasivam, Chad Small, Jessie Blaeser and Clayton Aldern In the early hours of Aug. 22, 2020, Hurricane Laura was still just a tropical storm off the coast of...
BP Subsidiary to Pay Record $40M Penalty Over Lake Michigan Refinery Pollution Violations May 19, 2023 By John Flesher A BP subsidiary will pay a $40 million penalty and install technology to control releases of benzene and other contaminants...
California Approves Rule Phasing out Big Diesel Trucks May 2, 2023 By Sophie Austin New big rigs and buses that run on diesel would not be sold in California starting in 2036, according to...