air pollution

The valley’s air violates federal standards for sooty pollution that comes from industry, businesses and vehicles.

Gov. Jerry Brown warned on Thursday of a California ravaged by forest fires, disease and mass migration if lawmakers fail to renew the state's signature program to fight climate change.

Air pollution cost Canadian families an estimated $36 billion in 2015 due to premature death and illness, a new research report says.

A group of Chinese lawyers is suing the governments of Beijing and its surrounding areas for not doing enough to get rid of the smog.

Dangerous air pollution is putting many people at serious health risks with the poorest cities facing the most significant impacts.

Rome this week limited the number of cars and motorcycles on its roads using a system based on license plates

Wave of smog is due to settle over the city of 22.5 million from Saturday to Tuesday and levels of PM2.5, the smallest and deadliest airborne particles, are set to top 500.

Court orders are widely welcomed by environmentalists, who said strong action was required because New Delhi was choking under dense smog.

Grey smog blankets city as schools close and children are kept indoors.

Schools suspended outdoor activities and polluting factories ordered to cut production as thick smog cuts visibility was cut to several hundred meters.

Fifty-six scholars from around the world launch a petition asking academics to curtail their air travel and lower their carbon footprint.

EPA says new standard of 70 parts per billion will reduce exposure to dangerous ozone pollution and prevent thousands of asthma attacks and even premature deaths.

Six per cent of all global deaths a result of air pollution - much of it created by farming.

PCBs were banned nationwide in 1977, but First Nations near Chemical Valley say the companies have continued leaking the harmful compound in their communities.