Opponents are appealing an air quality permit for the Copper World open-pits mine project , arguing Arizona should have required a stricter permit with more “teeth.”
The American Lung Association’s 2024 “State of the Air” report shows pollution getting worse in Minnesota over the last three years. Spokesman Jon Hunter says it involves fine particulate matter mainly due to wildfires.
Air pollution might protect against the most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanoma, a new study finds. However, it's crucial to approach these results with caution and consider the broader context of air pollution's effects on human health.
Environmental and community groups have appealed the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to grant an air pollution permit to the Copper World mine, the final permit required to begin mining operations in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson.
Low levels of traffic-related air pollution harms the liver and may raise the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease, a new study in mice suggests.
The BJP on January 25 released the third and final part of its “Viksit Delhi, Sankalp Patra 2025” containing 23 chapters. Air pollution is covered under the last chapter – “Clean and Green Delhi”. The BJP has vowed to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 levels by half in the next five years if it is voted to power after a gap of 27 years.
Thai authorities have made travel by public transport in Bangkok free for a week, the latest tactic to try to tackle soaring levels of air pollution that have already seen hundreds of schools closed and employees working from home.
A study led by researchers from the University of Virginia has used satellite measurements to show the long-term persistence of air pollution inequalities tied to industrialized swine facilities in Eastern North Carolina.