A new study has found that around 12.7% of childhood asthma cases in the U.S. are caused by the pollution emitted by cooking on gas stoves. Approximately one-third of U.S. households have gas stoves, which have long been marketed as the cleanest and most efficient cooking method. However, research has...
SoCal Agency Targets Distribution Centers for Poor Air Quality
LOS ANGELES — Southern California air quality regulators on Friday were considering a rule that would curb diesel emissions from thousands of trucks that ferry goods from the growing number of massive warehouses in the region run by Amazon and other companies. Areas around the facilities have weathered increased pollution...
People of Color More Exposed Than Whites to Air Pollution
Across America, people of color are exposed to more air pollution than whites from industry, vehicles, construction and many other sources, a new study has found. Researchers Found Non-Whites Exposed to Pollution Disproportionately Using government air pollution and census data, researchers found that disproportionate numbers of non-white people were exposed...
Opinion: How to Create an Easier Path to Climate Goals Through Electric Vehicles
California has led America’s climate fight by pioneering solutions here at home like cap-and-trade and tailpipe pollution reduction targets that the federal government and other states have adopted. We can once again play this role, paving the way for President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of building 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations,...
‘Diesel Brothers’ TV Show Appeals Air Pollution Fine
OGDEN, Utah — The stars of the “Diesel Brothers” reality TV show are appealing a federal court ruling requiring them to pay $848,000 to the U.S. government and a Utah county over pollution law violations. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby of Salt Lake City ruled in March that David “Heavy...
Scientists Gather to Study Risk From Microplastic Pollution
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of rice are turning up everywhere in oceans, from the water to the guts of fish and the poop of sea otters and giant killer whales. Yet little is known about the effects of these...
Trump Removes Protections for Waterways, Aiding Developers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is lifting protections for some of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, nearing completion on one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks. The changes announced Thursday will scale back which waterways qualify for protection against pollution and development under the half-century-old...
California Commission Lists Yellow-Legged Frog as Endangered
SACRAMENTO — There’s new hope for an endangered California frog that has vanished from half of its habitat. The state Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday approved protections for five of six populations of the foothill yellow-legged frog. The Center for Biological Diversity had sought protection for the stream-dwelling amphibians...
Pacific Bird Refuge Struggles as Ocean Garbage Patch Grows
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. But on the ground, there's a different scene: plastic, pollution and...
South Pole's Ozone Hole Shrinks to Smallest Since Discovery
WASHINGTON — The ozone hole near the south pole this year is the smallest since it was discovered, but it is more due to freakish Antarctic weather than efforts to cut down on pollution, NASA reported. This fall, the average hole in Earth's protective ozone layer is 3.6 million square miles....