This week the U.S. House of Representatives is considering three bills that would dramatically weaken the Clean Air Act: the FENCES Act, RED Tape Act and FIRE Act. The FIRE and FENCES Acts are parts ...

AG William Tong joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general and local governments suing the EPA over its failure to enforce the 2024 Clean Air Act’s soot standards.

The House approved legislation Thursday to ease air pollution and permitting requirements, part of the Republicans’ quest to ...

Federal actions like the 1970 Clean Air Act and the 1972 Clean Water Act helped regulate water and air pollution.

Lawmakers OK'd a measure to declare prescribed fires as "exceptional events" that won't punish communities for Clean Air Act ...

The sky turns a rusty orange. The sun dims behind a thick veil of smoke. For millions of Americans, even ones far from wildfire-prone lands, this eerie scene is no longer rare. Extreme wildfires have ...

For two decades, the federal government has classified the heated chambers used to break down plastic waste as incinerators, ...

More than 152 million people in the U.S. live in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution, a Association ...

The Los Angeles-Long Beach area retained its dubious distinction as the nation’s smoggiest region, with ozone pollution getting worse over the past year, according to an annual report by the American ...