air quality

Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat COVID-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.

Burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels releases plumes of tiny, dangerous particles. A new study estimates that eliminating that pollution would save about 50,000 lives in the U.S. each year.

The rising number of fires hamper decades of environmental efforts, and over 40% of Americans — more than 137 million people — live in places with poor air quality, a new report says.

The research is clear that air exchange and filtration curb the spread of COVID and other diseases, but upgrading systems is expensive, and there is little federal authority over indoor air quality.

Orlando is looking to be one the first cities to try a new pavement treatment that can reduce certain types of air pollution by nearly half. What’s more, the treatment has the potential to lower ambient temperatures.

Blacks and Hispanics are exposed to higher levels of air pollution than whites, yet whites consume more of the goods and services that cause it, according to new research.

During smoky fires, officials encourage people to stay home. However, as a response to fire, birds tend to leave home.Julie Hill-Gabriel, director of…