The Air Quality Index is a scale used for daily reporting of how clean or polluted the air is, and what health effects might ...

An estimated 33.5 million children in the United States — or nearly half of people under 18 — live in an area that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smog from wildfires sweeping the nation has left tens of millions more Americans to breathe toxic air even as man-made forms of ...

Air pollution cut solar electricity generation by 5.8% in 2023, with coal-related aerosols responsible for huge losses in solar power output.

Air quality continues to be a focus this summer as ferocious wildfires burn in the West, prompting air quality alerts across Oregon and parts of California, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho and Washington. It ...

P.M. EXPERTS SAY IT’S ALREADY BEEN A VERY ACTIVE YEAR WITH WILDFIRES. KELLY ANN WAS TELLING US ABOUT IT AND THERE ARE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES FROM THAT SMOKE THAT THE FIRES PRODUCED. JOINING US NOW IS ...

The American Lung Association's annual report also highlights cities with the cleanest air based on several different measures. But this year, only two cities made the cut. Nearly half of Americans ...

It may sound counterintuitive, but new research suggests that cleaning up air pollution could contribute to a weakening of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. According to the 2026 State of the Air report, Los Angeles remains the most ozone-polluted metro area nationally ...

Air quality alerts hit New York, Maryland and California as pollution reaches unhealthy levels and people are advised to stay ...

A new study from the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine suggests that even moderate air pollution ...