EDF’s Air Tracker combines air pollution data and weather forecasting to reveal what pollutants are in the air and where they may be coming from.

Scientists are closing in on one of the most elusive culprits behind “forever chemical” pollution, tracing a major share of the contamination to specific industrial processes, consumer products and ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

Many people who aren’t knowledgeable about cars might think that electric vehicles, having no tailpipe emissions, have little or no environmental impact compared to their combustion-powered ...

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr. Elvis Okoffo from UQ's ...

A new study linking Pittsburgh’s air pollution to thousands of deaths each year has been published just as the EPA moves to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – It is well known that discarded cigarette butts release nicotine, heavy metals and other toxins into the environment, including natural water systems. Less understood, however, is what ...

Environmental agencies are searching for the source of pollution that has created two contaminated hot spots in the lower Clinton River, hindered a long-ranging environmental cleanup effort and ...

New Jerseyans continue to breathe some of the nation’s worst air — partly due to emissions from refineries, power plants, car traffic and wildfires. But experts told NJ Advance Media there’s also a ...