When wildfires devastated a wide swath of Los Angeles last winter, officials warned residents of several ZIP codes not to drink the water, or boil it first if they must. They worried that soot, ash, ...

By several measures, air pollution is getting worse in the U.S., a trend due in large part to more severe heat and wildfires, according to a new report. Parts of the country that were not previously ...

The liquid natural gas pipeline fire in La Porte near Deer Park has been continuously burning for over 24 hours and despite some officials stating that there's no air quality risk, some experts said ...

Eastern Europe's fire surge outpaced that of Central Europe: While both regions saw rising fire-PM2.5 levels, Eastern Europe experienced significantly sharper increases (0.06 μg/m³ per year in extreme ...

Clouds of black smoke hanging over La Porte and Deer Park were visible for miles Monday after a fire erupted from a natural gas liquids pipeline, sparking fears about air pollution spewing from the ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two environmental groups called on Thursday for a wider investigation of pollution released by a July 19 fire at Citgo Petroleum Corp's Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery. The Sierra ...

Fifty years ago, a familiar conflict was playing out south of Silver City. State and federal regulators were trying to implement stricter controls on sulfur dioxide pollution from a Hurley smelter.

Watching what happened to the air quality of the East Coast has been frightening, and I hope we wake up to the part air pollution plays in climate change. Every morning I check the Air Now app on my ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An overnight fire at a Providence scrapyard is reigniting debate over safety and pollution at a business the city's been working to shut down. The fire started around 11:30 p.m.

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