Politics are fickle. Regardless of which candidate won the 2012 presidential election (I’m writing this at the end of September, so I don’t know the winner yet.), there will be change in how electric ...

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 ...

During the early 1970s, the air in many American cities was … brown. Pollution muddied clear skies and sickened people across the country. The Clean Air Act helped change that. But the law's future is ...

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 ...

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

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Human burning of fossil fuels has caused atmospheric carbon dioxide to increase from 280 to 387 ...

Thanks to the Clean Air Act and its strong regulatory framework, we’ve made remarkable progress in improving air quality for all Georgians.” — Michael Odom, Georgia Environmental Protection Division ...

An Energy and Commerce hearing this week is expected to focus on two EPA actions. House Republicans are again taking aim at the Clean Air Act, citing the need to bolster the United States’ global ...

David Good, program manager for air monitoring for the Allegheny County Health Department, says the department relies on lab-grade instruments to measure air quality. “We have to have very highly ...

President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years. Trump on Friday issued a proclamation exempting facilities known as coke ...

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 ...