Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for the region that covers Texas and four neighboring states.

Each fire’s impact could depend on what was burning, for how long, and levels of public awareness, researchers hypothesize.

Toxics in the air from urban wildfires may include dioxins, asbestos, and lead. But testing, until recently, for these air ...

Ansar Lemon, an engineering PhD student at Harvard University, says the team modeled how the brightness and color of the sky at the poles changed with the injection of sulfate, calcium carbonate, and ...

Dhaka’s air is getting worse, and waste burning is making it unbearable. While traffic and construction play their roles, the hidden culprit — burning garbage — is silently poisoning the city ...

"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...

Today’s air was classified as 'hazardous', referring to an alarming health risk to residents, according to the AQI index ...

New database aims to help cities map out their own CO2 cuts as President Trump looks to eliminate federal programs.

No matter what causes air pollution, it continues to increase throughout the United States, with over 131 million people ...

Buying a new wood stove is a major purchase. For many people in Washington, that stove will provide much of their heat in the ...

A coalition of environmental and health groups is pushing for more community decision-making power in Allegheny County when ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis, discusses a new study showing that even short-term exposure to air pollution can impair cognitive function, affecting people’s ability to complete ...