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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent large study conducted in Sweden has found that long-term exposure to elevated levels of air pollution may increase ...

Doctors, environmental groups and residents are trying to figure out if there is a causal connection between pollutants from the steel industry and rates of cancer in Gary, Indiana. Pollutants you can ...

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 ...