The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced the end of climate pollution regulations on power plants, the latest step in an ...

If not the root of all evil, chemical pollution is surely responsible for a good chunk of it. At least, that's how it feels sometimes when reading the news and the latest research. Globally, pollution ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs avoided and deaths prevented from air pollution rules that curb two deadly pollutants.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a key update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot – a step toward reducing deadly air pollution that’s been over a decade in the ...

Reducing air pollution is a universally acknowledged goal, heralded for its potential to improve public health and environmental quality. However, amidst the enthusiasm for cleaner air, a critical ...

Although our air is much less polluted now than it was some decades ago, in 2023 around 280 000 people in Europe died prematurely due to air pollution. Agriculture is the biggest source of air ...

Exposure to air pollutants may heighten the risk of death by suicide and suicidal thoughts, new research has found. The research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, noted ...

In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon ...

The lack of air-quality monitoring capabilities across the U.S. affects the health of millions of people and disproportionately impacts minority and low socioeconomic-status communities, say ...

Investors who evaluate companies using environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are increasingly expected to act ...