In the 1960s, the urban air pollution crisis in America had reached a fever pitch: Cities were shrouded in smog, union steelworkers were demanding protections for their health, and the Department of ...

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 ...

The justices on Monday added four new cases, involving the venue for challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s actions under the Clean Air Act and federal sentencing law, to its docket for ...

When Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1970, climate change wasn’t on anyone’s mind. Yet under an Obama-era decision known as the “Endangerment Finding,” the Environmental Protection Agency has ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up a portal allowing polluters to request exemptions to nine Clean Air Act rules. The Clean Air Act allows the president to exempt polluters from ...

Marathon Oil will pay a record $64.5 million penalty and invest an estimated $177 million in pollution-cutting measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at oil and gas operations in ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Senate on Thursday approved an effort to overturn an ...

President Donald Trump inked a proclamation that exempts coal-using steel facilities from Biden-era regulatory updates to the ...

EPA on Monday laid out a way for companies to avoid air pollution regulations for up to several years: Just send the agency a request via email. The agency posted guidance online that lays out a path ...