In many big cities, including London and Paris, such apps indicate that air quality is good almost every day. At the same time, reports from government agencies show that pollution in any given year has, on average, exceeded the limits recommended by the WHO.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not properly analyzed the environmental effects of its ethanol mandate, a watchdog report found Thursday.
Harley-Davidson Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $15 million to settle a U.S. government complaint over racing tuners that caused its motorcycles to emit higher-than-allowed levels of air pollution.
NASA data reveal the Earth’s temperature reached its highest point in 136 years of record-keeping during July.
With the extension of California’s landmark climate change law stalled, a legislative plan is emerging to significantly up the ante on California’s commitment to electric vehicles by requiring that 15 percent of all new automobiles be emission-free within a decade.
A growing body of research suggests breathing this pollution can have both short-term and long-term health consequences.
If air pollution standards were tightened just a little bit, thousands of lives might be saved each year, a new study suggests.
In discussions of how nature regulates carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, forests receive most of the attention for their ability to absorb and store carbon. But peatlands play an important role, too.
One of the great things about science is that it allows you to make predictions. Three top climate scientists just made a very bold prediction regarding sea level rise; we should know in a few years if they are correct.
The number of cities reporting on their efforts to tackle global warming has risen 70 percent to 533 around the world since the adoption of the Paris climate change agreement in 2015, the group collecting the data said
