WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the ...

A new study estimates that chronic exposure to PM2.5 from wildfire smoke caused an average of 24,100 deaths per year in the U.S. from 2006–2020. Researchers found mortality increased with higher smoke ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AP Photo/Noah Berger Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the ...

Gulf War disaster in 1991 showed how conflict can trigger environmental damage that spreads far beyond the battlefield.

The agency missed a Saturday deadline to determine which parts of the country are flunking the tightened 2024 rule for soot exposure. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin could delay enforcement of an air ...

A shrinking Alpine glacier reveals a 2,000-year record of pollution, wildfire smoke, and volcanic fallout – much of it already disappearing.