The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a key update to the federal air quality standard for fine soot – a step toward reducing deadly air pollution that’s been over a decade in the ...

Almost four out of every 10 people in the United States live in a place where air pollution is considered bad enough to put their health at risk, the American Lung Association warned in its latest ...

Over 130 million people live in areas with poor air quality, the American Lung Association says Getty A new report from the American Lung Association says that 131.2 million Americans are living in ...

The downtown Sacramento skyline is obscured by smoke from wildfires in Northern California on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. Air quality readings for particulate matter (PM 2.5), the pollutant most closely ...

Updated global data show wildfire smoke pollution is higher than past estimates, with implications for air quality and ...

Bad air quality elevates risks for vulnerable groups, including older adults, children, and people with respiratory illnesses ...

Mecklenburg County has officially counted 365 days of clean air. For all of 2025, air pollution levels stayed with healthy ...

Maricopa County has issued no-burn day advisories through Dec. 17 as hazy skies and dangerous air pollution settle over the region this week due to winter weather patterns and holiday festivities ...

New data suggests Louisville's air quality isn't so great.According to the American Lung Association's 2025 State of the Air report, Louisville was named the second worst in its region for ozone ...

Between 2024 and 2025, Jacksonville's air quality conditions declined from "A" to "B" in the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” report, stating that residents are being exposed to more ...

Sacramento has some of the worst air quality in the United States, according to the American Lung Association. Sacramento is among the top 10 most polluted cities in the nation in terms of ozone and ...