The action could allow the plants to release more dangerous heavy metals, including brain-damaging mercury and cancer-causing arsenic, marking yet another step by the administration to reverse Biden ...

S&W Atlas Iron & Metal was shuttered last year. But it was recently discovered that there may still be toxic material ...

EPA is working on repealing major air‑pollution rules for fossil‑fuel power plants, including weakening protections against mercury and other toxic emissions.

On a visit to Louisville, the EPA said it is repealing Biden-era regulations on mercury, soot and other harmful pollutants ...

A common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant. Pollution from gas stoves accounts for more than half of some Americans’ total exposure to ...

Extreme weather is intensifying across the globe, and the standard explanation points to greenhouse gas emissions warming the atmosphere. But a less examined dynamic may be compounding the damage: ...

In an effort to create more energy, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced its plans to loosen limits on mercury pollution from coal- and oil-fired power ...

Republican elected officials and advocates for the coal industry gathered at one of Kentucky’s largest coal-fired power ...

Ferries in port cities like Barcelona, Dublin and Naples are responsible for more toxic air pollution (SOx) than all the cars in those ...

“Air sustains life, yet polluted air is steadily shortening it. The paradox must end with deliberate action,” Prof Peters ...

Ferries docking in Europe’s ports are responsible for more toxic air pollution than all the cars in major cities like Barcelona, Dublin, and Naples, according to a new study from campaign group ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s capital on Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest ...