Of all fossil fuels, coal emits the most carbon dioxide per unit of energy, and burning it releases deadly pollutants into ...

EPA is working on repealing major air‑pollution rules for fossil‑fuel power plants, including weakening protections against mercury and other toxic emissions.

NASA’s PACE satellite now provides nitrogen dioxide measurements, enabling finer-scale pollution tracking using OCI data trained with Sentinel-5P TROPOMI observations.

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to scale back limits on toxic emissions from coal-burning power plants, clearing the way for them to emit more hazardous pollutants, such as mercury.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the world’s biggest emitter of the toxin sulfur dioxide, presented a study that argues against the cost of installing equipment to limit emissions, risking a breach of a World ...

On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are increasingly being recognized as public health emergencies which scientists, innovators, policy makers and patient advocates alike are pouring more resources and ...

Greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere. Plastic pollution is proliferating in the environment. Both are bad for the planet — and global warming could be making plastic pollution worse, ...

If you search for your city on a new map and zoom in, you can see pollution drifting from factories, power plants, and ports into your neighborhood. The map—a first-of-its-kind air quality tool from ...

While lawmakers focus on power and water demands, round-the-clock industrial lighting from massive facilities threatens both ...

The primary pollutant in Milwaukee on Monday is PM2.5, which can be caused by wildfire smoke, vehicles and power plants.