The storm drain art contest is back for another year. Artists get a chance to paint an original design on a storm drain inlet ...

Air pollution in India is no longer a winter irritant confined to the northern plains. It has become a persistent, nationwide public health emergency that affects every demographic group and nearly ...

Commuters drive to work amidst morning smog a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, October 21, 2025. [AP Photo/Manish Swarup] The air quality in New Delhi and its surrounding areas ...

Delhi: 442. Lahore: 334. Beijing: 16. These are the levels of PM 2.5, one of the principle measures for air pollution, on November 19. As Pakistanis and Indians struggle with hazardous air quality, in ...

Companies are offering much-needed, but expensive, air purification systems to shelter from the smog in one of the world’s most polluted cities. Workers assembling YOGA Clean Air units in a factory in ...

New Delhi - Authorities in India's capital have urged elementary schools to hold classes online, banned construction and urged people to work from home as the annual plague of air pollution hit the ...

Efforts to clean up air pollution in China and across East Asia may have inadvertently contributed to a spike in global warming, a new study has found. The decline in aerosol emissions — which can ...

Yet there are solutions. New World Bank Report Urges Multi-Sector Approach for Cleaner Air. KATHMANDU, June 17, 2025—Air pollution is the number one risk factor for death and disability in Nepal.

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 ...

Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff ...

These particles can also cross the placenta, where they can reduce an infant’s lung function before birth. A pre-polluted baby is also more likely to arrive prematurely, and at a lower weight.