EPA is cracking down on deadly air pollution with a new rule - CNN
2024年2月7日 · The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a key update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot – a step to reduce deadly air pollution that’s been over a decade in the making.
Air Pollution News - ScienceDaily
5 天之前 · Air pollution articles. Read scientific research on air pollution including pollution sources, health effects, and ways to reduce air pollution. Full text, images.
131 million in U.S. live in areas with unhealthy pollution ... - NBC News
2024年4月24日 · Nearly 40% of people in the U.S. are living in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution and the country is backsliding on clean air progress as the effects of climate change intensify ...
130 million Americans routinely breathe unhealthy air, report finds - NPR
2024年4月24日 · Air pollution helps hasten tens or even hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year in the U.S. alone. It is one of the most profound public health risks in the nation, says Pruitt.
Deadly and growing impact of air pollution laid bare in new …
2024年6月18日 · The fifth edition of the report, released by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), revealed that air pollution caused 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021 and many millions are dealing with debilitating chronic diseases, leaving healthcare systems, economies, and societies.. Further, it found that children under five are particularly vulnerable to air pollution, leaving over …
Nearly 40% of people in the US live with unhealthy air pollution ... - CNN
2024年4月23日 · More people across the United States – nearly 40% – live in places with unhealthy levels of polluted air, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.
EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in ... - NPR
2024年2月7日 · 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 ...
EPA's new rule aims to cut cancer-causing air pollution from ... - NPR
2024年4月9日 · The Environmental Protection Agency announced a major rule on Tuesday to reduce toxic air pollution coming from more than 200 chemical plants across the U.S.
Biden administration cracks down on air pollution, citing links to ...
2024年2月8日 · Much of this pollution in the air comes from the combustion of gasoline, oil, diesel fuel or wood, usually from sources such as factories, power plants, vehicles, wildfires or fireplaces.
Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO - UN News
2022年4月4日 · The new air quality database is the most extensive yet in its coverage of air pollution exposure on the ground, WHO says. Some 2,000 more cities/human settlements now record ground monitoring data for particulate matter, PM10 and/or PM2.5, than the last update. This marks an almost six-fold rise in reporting since the database launched in 2011.