With no federal mandates to protect air and water, pollution levels were catastrophic, creating dangerous living conditions for residents. Here are vintage photos that reveal the grim reality of ...

But fossil fuel plants still generate 60% of the U.S. electricity supply, producing air, water and land pollutants and greenhouse gases in the process.

Los Angeles County wildfires spark dual crisis: toxic air pollution from urban burns and contaminated water supplies force residents to take protective measures while authorities battle 40,000 ...

Yet, conventional air pollution emissions have declined by 78%. Lakes and rivers are cleaner, chemicals are safer and hazardous wastes from past industrial activities have been cleaned up.

Indirect pollution sources Doing business on Target’s scale, with $108 billion in sales in 2022, creates a big physical footprint. The company has nearly 2,000 stores in the U.S. that cover over ...

A study by UC San Diego researchers reveals that pollutants found in the sewage-laden Tijuana River are ending up in the air near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County.

The results appear in Science Advances. The dynamic movement of pollution For this study, the paper’s lead author, Adam Cooper, collected samples from the air and water at various points along the ...

The Starship exploded around 90 miles up, and lead to incredible scenes of falling debris that were visible from the ground and the air. Unfortunately, while such displays are beautiful, they also ...

Nearly half of the U.S. population is living with dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. The organization's 2025 "State of the Air" report ...