44% of Americans breathe dangerously polluted air. In California, it's 82%
The American Lung Assn.'s 2026 State of the Air report again graded L.A. as having some of the worst air quality in the country. California as a state performed poorly.
The American Lung Assn.'s 2026 State of the Air report again graded L.A. as having some of the worst air quality in the country. California as a state performed poorly.
The new report evaluated air quality in different parts of the country by measuring the presence of ozone and particle pollution in the atmosphere.
American Lung Association report comes amid Trump EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections
Batteries connected to the grid are essential for addressing climate change, but some neighbors worry about hard-to-extinguish fires
For years, one aspect of Tesla Inc.’s business has been growing outside the public eye, its revenue soaring even as the company’s electric car sales sputtered and stalled.
Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ support
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Extreme heat is pushing global food and farming systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods of over a billion people as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves redefine how food is produced worldwide, a new UN report warns.
Six weeks since war erupted in the Middle East, the shockwaves have spread to the Caribbean region, already pushed to the brink, amid fears of a looming El Niño-linked climate disaster.
The state of “current” affairs is not good.
The collapse would have catastrophic consequences, plunging Europe into extreme winters and summer droughts
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas