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 ...

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 ...

In recent years, the United States has faced rising concerns regarding climate change. Communities across the country have ...

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 ...

Republican House members are moving ahead with two bills that would rewrite the Clean Air Act for the first time in 35 years, partly in response to EPA’s decision last year under then-President Joe ...

House Republicans are again pushing legislation to rewrite the Clean Air Act, but with a fresh argument: that a battery of changes are needed to keep up with the explosive demand for data centers and ...

The votes called into question California’s waiver from the Clean Air Act of 1970, an authority that has allowed the state to set stricter pollution guidelines. Republicans in the House, joined by a ...

Environmental advocates sued President Trump on Wednesday over his move to exempt major polluters from Clean Air Act regulations. Trump over the summer gave more than 100 industrial polluters a ...

The story of L.A.’s noxious smog problem and the creation of the EPA and Clean Air Act. In 1943, dark, smoky clouds enveloped Los Angeles, causing residents to complain of burning eyes, nausea, and ...

A Memphis diesel repair company has agreed to pay a fine of $150,000 after pleading guilty to violating the Clean Air Act, Interim United States Attorney Joseph C. Murphy, Jr. announced on Tuesday. A ...