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June 27, 2024
Talia Jane
Amy Coney Barrett Breaks Ranks on Supreme Court’s Dangerous EPA Ruling
Even Amy Coney Barrett thought the conservative justices’ ruling on the agency’s “good neighbor” rule was out of bounds.
March 18, 2024
Liza Featherstone
How to Fix New York City’s Latest Controversial Policy
Congestion pricing will provoke backlash unless New Yorkers get better public transit now—not later.
February 21, 2024
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Shayla Love
The Hot New Luxury Good for the Rich: Air
The wealthy have different houses, different cars, different lifestyles from the rest of us. These days, they also want to breathe different air.
February 17, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
Air Pollution Kills. Why Are We So Bad at Recognizing That?
From the East Palestine derailment to the gas stove backlash, our society struggles to see pollution as a real and urgent threat.
February 13, 2023
Liza Featherstone
The Climate Apocalypse Will Be Google Mapped
Google Maps’s air quality indicators and wildfire warnings suggest one approach to a warming world. It’s grim.
January 11, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Corporate America Reserves the Right to Kill You With Soot Pollution
All the usual suspects have lined up against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed tightening of air pollution regulations.
December 5, 2017
Emily Atkin
Breitbart can’t decide if air pollution is bad.
October 12, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Toxic Air in California Is a Public Health Crisis
They may be far away from the flames, but millions of residents are inhaling deadly pollution from the devastating wildfires.
August 30, 2017
Emily Atkin
Harvey’s Hidden Side Effect
74 incidents of excess air pollution have been reported since the hurricane hit, totaling more than one million pounds of emissions. More is on the way.
March 15, 2017
Emily Atkin
Air Pollution Denial Is the New Climate Denial
The latest right-wing lie is even crazier than the supposed global warming "hoax." But it's gaining influence in the Trump administration.
March 3, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Study: Traffic Pollution Is Bad for Kids' Brains
March 2, 2015
Elaine Teng
China's Version of "An Inconvenient Truth" Went Viral. Now the Government Is Cracking Down.
February 9, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Scientists Discover Air Pollution in Peru From Almost 500 Years Ago
August 6, 2014
Rebecca Leber
What Beijing Abandoning Coal Means for the Rest of the World
December 9, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How Many People in Your State Are Dying From Downwind Air Pollution?
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