air pollution
A hostile Supreme Court threatens environmental progress
March 30, 2022The court’s ‘Major Questions’ doctrine could block regulators from protecting species or tackling climate change.
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Smoke shelters in Seattle for ‘new normal’ summer fires
June 20, 2019The move is in response to several years marked by thick smoke hanging over the city from summer wildfires, which officials and scientists have unequivocally connected to the slow-motion of the effects of climate change.
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Smoke, ash from wildfires blanket California cities
October 11, 2017At least 17 people have been killed, and families are frantically searching for more than 180 people who have been reported missing.
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The other shoe drops: Maryland sues EPA over air quality standards
September 29, 2017Having warned Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, more than two months ago that the state would go to federal court in Baltimore unless he started following the law – and having gotten no reply at...
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Fire or volcano? Ash from Oregon blaze compared to eruption
September 6, 2017People in Oregon covered their faces with scarves to keep wildfire ash from filling their lungs.
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