At least 40,825 hectares (100,800 acres) of Amazon rainforest in Brazil were cleared in 2019 and then burned this August to prepare the land for conversion to agriculture.
Little green boxes placed on roadsides around Northern Virginia to automatically sample passing vehicles’ exhaust generated just under 900 air quality violations last year.
Ozone, a gas and harmful air pollutant is created by volatile organic compounds when pollutants are emitted by cars, power plants and other industrial facilities.
A top EU court is to hear a case brought against the Bavarian government for failing to implement clean air court rulings. Green groups say the state premier should be threatened with jail for risking people's health.
President Trump has threatened to roll back Obama-era standards, jeopardizing a decades-old exemption that lets California make its own clean air rules.
After years of outcry by neighbors of the Denka neoprene plant officials promised a study to establish definitively whether people living in the vicinity of the plant have elevated cancer rates.
Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania
It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy
