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News Articles: air pollution

Smoke comes out from kilns at a brickfield on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 6, 2021.

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  • Global Health

A study finds stacking bricks differently could help this country fight air pollution

Bangladesh suffers from extreme air pollution, but a new study shows the brick industry can make small changes to have a big effect on the country's smog problem.

May 18, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
A layer of smog lingers above downtown Los Angeles in 2024. Millions of Americans are still breathing in unhealthy air, despite long-term progress toward cleaning up many sources of pollution, according to the 2025 State of the Air report.

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  • Climate

Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health

Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Air quality in Denver was badly affected by wildfire smoke from blazes in Oregon and provinces of western Canada on July 24, 2024.

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  • Health

Here's who is most at risk from wildfire smoke and how to protect yourself

As hazy air from fires out West wafts across the country, some people are at higher risk of health problems, including children, older people and those with lung conditions. Here's how to stay safe.

July 27, 2024
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By:
  • Ginny Graves
A woman opens a set of double doors

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  • Health

Hiding indoors from the heat? Here's what to know about air quality

Experts say the indoor concentration of air pollutants is on the rise because of home chemicals but also inadequate ventilation as well as higher temperatures and humidity outdoors.

July 22, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Plant Wansley. Photo Courtesy Georgia Power

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  • News

Report: Rural America produces greenhouse gasses on behalf of urban and suburban areas

A new report shows that at least 36% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States come from rural America, but they’re mostly used to produce energy and food for urban and suburban America. 

June 03, 2024
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By:
  • Claire Carlson
A new version of the popular board game Catan, which hits shelves this summer, introduces energy production and pollution into the gameplay.

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  • Climate

How do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan board game

A new version of the popular board game Catan aims to make players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without overly polluting the planet?

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
Robert Taylor lives about a half-mile from Denka Performance Elastomer, a plant affected by the EPA's new rule, in Reserve, Louisiana.

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  • Environment

For communities near chemical plants, EPA's new air pollution rule spells relief

The Environmental Protection Agency tightens standards for air pollution coming from more than 200 chemical plants in the U.S.

April 09, 2024
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By:
  • Halle Parker
Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif., a community with high childhood asthma rates. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar websites in Texas and Ecuador.

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  • Media

Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told

Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar sites in Texas and Ecuador.

March 28, 2024
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By:
  • Miranda Green and
  • David Folkenflik
Shell's petrochemical complex along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa., June 2022.

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  • Climate

Taxpayer-funded petrochemical plants are polluting communities, report finds

A fleet of new plastics plants in the U.S. often release illegal levels of air pollution, even while receiving big tax breaks from state and local governments, the report found.

March 20, 2024
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By:
  • Reid Frazier | Allegheny Front
Air pollution has fallen across the U.S. since the Clean Air Act of 1970. But some areas, like Los Angeles, still suffer heavy pollution from soot and smog. New rules on soot pollution from EPA aim to lower that pollution burden further.

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  • Environment

EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade

The new regulations could save thousands of lives from deadly air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's calculations.

February 07, 2024
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
A pedestrian walks along the roadside amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi. Delhi is considered the world's most polluted megacity, with a melange of factory and vehicle emissions exacerbated by seasonal agricultural fires.

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  • Global Health

Can anything stop the toxic smog of New Delhi?

It's considered the world's most polluted megacity. The air is so bad that a new report estimates that on average each resident loses 12 years of life. Here's what they're doing about it.

December 08, 2023
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Ilma Hasan
Georgia Institute of Technology has released its proposed plan for campus updates thorugh 2031. The goals are sustainability, accessibility, and improved student experience.

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  • Climate

Georgia Tech to focus on developing sustainable and pedestrian-friendly campus plan

Leaders at the Georgia Institute of Technology have released the 2023 campus comprehensive plan. It lays out a series of proposed changes and improvements for the university over the next decade.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Lamps light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.

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  • Asia

Millions of Indians set a world record celebrating Diwali despite air quality worries

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country.

November 12, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The groundbreaking research of Linsey Marr, an aerosols expert and professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, showed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is airborne as opposed to traveling in large droplets that fall with gravity.

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  • Global Health

This MacArthur 'genius' knew the initial theory of COVID transmission was flawed

When COVID-19 first emerged, Linsey Marr suspected right away it spread through the air. Time has proved this aerosols engineer right. Now she's being honored with a MacArthur "genius grant."

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Gabriel Spitzer

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  • Global Health

Superbugs catch a ride on air pollution particles. Is that bad news for people?

Antibiotic resistant microbes from the soil, from aquaculture, from sewage and from hospitals can hook onto air pollution particles. A new study looks at the implications.

September 08, 2023
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  • Gabriel Spitzer
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