More than 131 million people live in places with unhealthy air quality, according to the American Lung Association's 2024 State of Air report. This is an increase of 11.7 million people from the ...

Humans take more than 22,000 breaths a day and experts say the quality of the air we breathe is important. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports more than 90% of children breathe air so polluted ...

Extreme heat and humidity are making life miserable for millions of people from the Midwest to the East Coast. Temperatures well over 100 degrees are dangerous for the elderly and anyone living ...

We had this state-of-the-art facility, and they canceled the lease,” said Betsy Southerland, who worked at EPA’s Office of ...

Repealing the EPA's Endangerment Finding would directly harm the health and wellbeing of Utah’s children today. Here's how ...

Alarming new research has linked air pollution to a spike in children’s trips to emergency rooms for psychiatric problems, ranging from suicide and anxiety to schizophrenia. On days when kids were ...

What if the secret weapon for fighting for a healthier planet is actually your mom? "I'm sick and tired of people thinking of moms as these nice little ladies over there. You know, getting upset about ...

Reno and other Nevada cities ranked worse than Los Angeles for air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s latest report.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with stressed-out parents may be more prone to developing asthma associated with environmental "triggers" such as high levels of traffic-related pollution and ...

In 2015, when Karen Grzywinski heard that the Shenango Coke Works near Pittsburgh was closing after 54 years in operation, she didn’t believe it. Neither did her neighbors, some of whom had joined her ...