In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so pervasive…
One year after New York City launched its congestion pricing policy, fine particulate pollution inside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone was 13 percent lower, according to a new analysis that accounted for regional pollution trends, weather and normal year-to-year variability. “For the…
LCV statement on EPA's anticipated proposal weakening the 2024 Methane Rule. EPA moves to weaken protections against methane pollution Washington D.C.– In response to EPA’s upcoming proposal that would give the oil and gas industry a free pass to release harmful methane…
Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the plan to oil and gas executives in Santa Fe, and the agency's release gives no method for its savings figure. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose rescinding its methane Super Emitter Program as part…
Around 100 Baltimore residents packed a community hall in the Curtis Bay neighborhood on the evening of Oct. 1. One after another, they implored the Maryland Department of the Environment not to renew the air permit for the city’s largest trash incinerator.
Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in a closed-door meeting with the fossil fuel industry the agency’s plans to roll back safeguards finalized in 2024 to limit methane pollution from the oil and gas sector. This dangerous…
In New Jersey, an investigation has revealed that a Microsoft-linked data center emitted large amounts of toxic air pollution for nearly a year before state regulators stepped in. According to public records obtained by Floodlight and The Guardian, the DataOne…
A new analysis by DeSmog and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that ammonia pollution from England and Wales’ largest 1,200 farms causes an average of at least 25 hospital admissions and over 1,000 lost years of life due to premature death each…
Polluted communities: Louisiana's Cancer Alley, petrochemical plants and refineries, toxic air in poor and minority neighbourhoods, and the environmental-justice office the EPA closed.
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