Satellite data over 15 years reveal persistent air pollution inequalities linked to industrial swine facilities in Eastern North Carolina, affecting Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous communities.

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25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerry Harmer) Commuters wear face masks to protect themselves from air pollution at a skytrain station in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) ...

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said. The Thai capital has been struggling with hazardous air quality ...

Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below. This is Thailand's desperate, unproven attempt at reducing the ...

In this Jan. 15, 2023, file photo, the faucet in Ana Maria Rodriguez's bathroom sink shows signs of corrosion, possibly due to nitrate pollution in Boardman, Ore. A report issued Wednesday shows ...

BANGKOK: More than 250 schools in Bangkok were closed on Thursday (Jan 23) due to pollution, authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city.

After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard and protects human, planetary and economic health. A high degree of ...

Old coal plants, cars keep Balkan pollution high Health impacts include high pollution-related deaths Economic hardship hinders progress towards reducing emissions OBILIC, Kosovo/BELGRADE ...

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration urged people to work from home for the rest of the week if they can, with air pollution forecast to worsen after already forcing the temporary closure of ...

Most of those deaths are from exposure to fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, coming from dust, smoke, and exhaust. But tens of thousands are due to nitrogen dioxide from the burning of fuel, as ...