This court ruling follows on last month’s ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholding the 2024 soot standard after the Trump administration’s EPA requested that the court strike it down.
Breathe more easily with these tips on choosing the right protective mask, maintaining your indoor air quality, recognizing when to avoid the outdoors, and knowing who is most at risk.
After highs of 111°F in Billings and 115°F in Miles City, Montana, this week's heat dome is driving heat-index values toward 110°F across the northern tier, while East Coast cities could approach 100°F midweek with little relief overnight.
The Interior Department’s decision today to advance deep-sea mining off American Samoa could cause widespread harm to the marine environment and biodiversity. This would be the first ever commercial deep-sea mining leasing in the world.
A coalition of environmental organizations submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed "Ozone Reclassification State Implementation Plan Rule," which would allow states to miss deadlines for reducing dangerous ozone pollution and sidestep the consequences the…
After officials repeatedly dismissed claims that Flint’s water was making people sick, residents took action. Here’s how the lead contamination crisis unfolded—and what we can learn from it.
In recent years, national monuments have faced threats on multiple fronts, risking the loss of irreplaceable resources that are often centuries—or even millennia—in the making.
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