According to one estimate , air pollution kills 9 million people worldwide each year – more than smoking. Rather than killing otherwise healthy people, air pollution tends to aggravate the ...

This opinion expands the definition of marine pollution to include greenhouse gases, which were not previously mentioned in the 1970s negotiations.

Last year, the state reported the third highest rate ever of beaches testing positive for dangerous levels of bacteria.

Pollution is currently responsible for at least 9 million premature deaths a year worldwide, accounting for one in six deaths, according to a new report. Published in Lancet Planetary Health, the ...

Household and outdoor air pollution have the most detrimental effect on health, leading to nearly 55 percent of premature deaths, which alone cost 8.32 percent of GDP in 2019. “For Bangladesh, ...

Cities across the US, particularly those in California where wildfires are common, are often exposed to lower air quality due to a mix of urban pollution and weather effects. But even some rural ...

Climate change How do we define climate pollution’s cost to society? Every year, the government recalculates how much money a metric ton of carbon costs us. Elizabeth Shogren January 27, 2016 ...

The Trump administration has effectively eliminated two rules designed to promote cleaner cars. Now, as the EPA suggests not considering carbon dioxide to be pollution, the last is poised to fall.