Residents of Martinez, California, are experiencing what can only be described as pollution whiplash. The devastating fire ...

DAY AND NIGHT, NEW SMOKE is born. The weather has turned warmer, and the lack of rainfall prepares dried-out grasses and shrubs for fire. The burning begins in a few spots—unseen in the mountains—and ...

If we are to engage in a discussion of pollution of any kind, it should begin with the consequences. Take air pollution.

A recent analysis by the U.N. children’s agency found that more than 500 million children in East Asia and Pacific countries ...

An explosive fire that ignited at a Martinez oil refinery and triggered shelter-in-place warnings spewed cancer-causing ...

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 ...

The environmental clearance certificate for the Aminbazar landfill site in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, expired in 2017 but the Dhaka North City continues to dump waste on this exhausted site, ...

While Bhutan is known for its clean air, transboundary pollution is increasingly impacting the country’s air quality despite ...

Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to no ...

One bill that would have required oil companies to help pay for damages from climate-driven disasters failed and another that ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.