A federal appeals court has sided with six states, including Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts, in a case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over interstate air pollution.
Not only is the province a sulphur dioxide hotspot, it is also the subject of a court case implicating the state for failing to enforce air-quality laws.
Citing tests that show more contamination at the Water Gremlin site near White Bear Lake, state pollution regulators have again asked the manufacturer to immediately shut down its coatings operation.
Children of mothers exposed to more soot scored lower on IQ tests compared to mothers in cleaner neighborhoods. However, good prenatal nutrition may buffer pollution's effects.
“We can't eradicate poverty and avert our environmental crisis unless we address population." That is the message Population Matters' Alistair Currie wants to deliver.
A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency found even low levels of air pollution can contribute to serious illnesses and early death.
Gufran Beig, a scientist at SAFAR, said the whole of northwest India, including north Gujarat, Rajasthan, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi are going to be in the grip of dust storm from tonight.
A nine-year-old girl who had a fatal asthma attack may become the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as their cause of death, as a fresh inquest is granted by the High Court.
Study finds decreasing lead in topsoil coincides with reductions in children's blood levels, which suggests playing around the dirt may be an important source of the toxic for children
