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Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and ...

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The Trump administration argues that Biden's EPA did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from ...

Cypress Toomey, a campus organizer with TexPIRG Students, said it’s critical to protect waterways and the environment from plastic pollution. They can break down into smaller pieces, eventually ...

The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. In a ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials, including Regional Director Earthea Nance, joined a Fort Bend community panel Wednesday during a trip to the Houston area. Many residents and advocates ...

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For Lung Cancer Awareness Month, medical professionals at Baylor College of Medicine explain how air pollution is detrimental ...

A federal judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to cooperate with environmental groups and make new ...

Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...

Although our air is much less polluted now than it was some decades ago, each year around 300 000 people in Europe die prematurely due to air pollution. In 2021, 97% of the people living in urban ...