The state Departments of Environmental Quality and Health may be violating federal civil rights laws and regulations by allowing Black people to suffer disproportionate impacts from air pollution in Louisiana's industrial corridor.
People living in slums, who mostly survive on meager incomes, are most vulnerable to toxic air because their work often requires them to stay outdoors for long hours.
Increasingly ferocious wildfires in the western US are taking a devastating toll on the region's air quality, with wildfire smoke now accounting for half of all air pollution during the worst wildfire years, according to a new study.
Parts of the West Coast experienced very unhealthy or hazardous air from wildfires for the first time ever recorded. Millions endured that smoke for twice as long as the recent average.
The toxic New Delhi skies are caused in part by the burning of crops, and officials have begun restricting car use, shutting primary schools and halting construction projects.
