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With 7 of its ambitious rules for cars, trucks and trains repealed, California officials must find new ways to clean up the ...
Air pollution at the ports of L.A. and Long Beach surged dramatically during the pandemic. To fix this, city and port officials need to act fast.
Plastic pollution has been found even in the most pristine areas, including the deepest part of the ocean and the most isolated mountaintops.
But what exactly are the things polluting our air that drives the Environmental Protection Agency to assign these values? Most commonly, particular matter (things like dirt, soot, and smoke), carbon ...
But neighborhoods can be exposed to multiple sources of pollution at once — for example, from nearby chemical plants, fossil fuel-burning power plants, and highways where cars and trucks travel. “And ...
Today on the show, All Things Considered co-host Ari Shapiro joins Aaron Scott and Regina G. Barber for our science roundup. They talk about how antibiotic resistance may spread through ...
The GOP might have just blown up the Senate on behalf of the fossil fuel industry. But that would be oversimplifying things, so bear with me. On Wednesday, the Senate voted on a series of ...
Gas pollution aside, there’s good reason to keep your hood on or open windows when cooking, regardless of how you do it. Cooking food on both gas and electric ranges will produce tiny particles ...