air pollution

Did Republicans forget their constituents also need air and water?

February 16, 2017 By Jill Richardson

Republicans are governing as if their own constituents don’t breathe air or drink water.

Have we become OK with watching Earth melt?

November 23, 2016 By Rev. Jim Conn

If we think the ecosystem doesn’t need preserving, we won’t preserve it. If we think climate change just happens, then nothing can be done about it. But if we think humans cause it, then we can...

Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 U.S. lives a year

May 5, 2015 By Seth Borenstein

The study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced.

Bolder action needed on climate change, air quality, health

April 4, 2014 By John R. Balmes, MD, And George D. Thurston, DSc

The third National Climate Assessment report confirms both the role of human activities in causing climate change and the broad range of adverse health consequences that climate change brings.

Air pollution and diabetes: Pollution levels too high

October 12, 2010 By Thomas Riggins

A new national study has found that there is a statistical correlation between exposure to air pollution and adult diabetes.