Researchers are concerned that huge pulses of carbon emissions from devastating wildfires could overwhelm natural reservoirs that store carbon dioxide.
New research ranks every neighborhood in the US on measures that contribute to a child's healthy development, such as education, environment and healthcare.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action to reduce air pollution in the smoggy areas of 11 states where air quality has fallen below federal standards.
Federal and state authorities reached a $3.5 million settlement with a Colorado energy company to resolve alleged violations of air quality laws, officials said.
According to the latest Menino Survey of Mayors, climate change and traffic safety are seen as urgent urban issues. But many city leaders are not eager to make big changes.
Nearly a year after the water quality certification was denied, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers restarted the federal permitting and environmental review process for the project.
While I feel like I'm fighting for our basic rights to clean air, I'm living in a city that doesn't seem to make a big deal over the pollution and its adverse effects on children and the community, especially people of color.
The air pollution that people in Colorado inhale each day comes from myriad sources: factories, cars, buildings and homes, fossil fuel facilities, cattle feedlots.
Whether rural Pakistan or the Salinas Valley, neglect and injustice pervade farm work. Environmental scientists, policymakers and citizens need to step up for the workers who feed our nation.
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The brain-harming metal is discharged directly into the river and carried to it on air currents. Some argue authorities are doing too little to stop both routes of pollution.
