BILLINGS, Mont. -- Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive ...

When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious – but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames. As fires become more frequent, that smoke is leading to a public health ...

As we head into the summer months, air quality and ozone become bigger concerns. Smartphones and local weather forecasts make it easy to stay on top of air quality to help in personal safety and ...

A legal loophole has allowed the US Environmental Protection Agency to strike pollution from clean air tallies in more than 70 counties, enabling local regulators to claim the air was cleaner than it ...

Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in wildfire smoke or automobile-related city smog doesn't just increase the ...

On the heels of an exceptionally fiery and smoky summer, two new reports released Wednesday confirmed what many Americans have been already seeing and breathing. Smoke from increasingly frequent and ...

Des Moines, IA — In the past decade, Iowa factory farms have paid less than $750,000 in punitive penalties for 179 reported illegal manure spills into state waterways, finds a new analysis of Iowa ...

Smoke from the Green Fire and other wildfires burning in and near Shasta County are polluting the air over the North State. The Shasta County Air Quality Management District and Shasta County Health ...

WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE TO DAMAGE THE AIR WE BREATHE. AS THE LOS ANGELES AREA CONTINUES TO BATTLE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TELLING RESIDENTS TO WEAR MASKS. HIGH WINDS MAY ...

By Sunil Kataria SANGRUR, India (Reuters) -To combat the worsening air in India's capital New Delhi, several farmers in the ...