Scientists have long warned that global warming will increase the chance of severe wildfires like those burning across Canada and heat waves like the one smothering Puerto Rico.
Tag: Air Pollution
Your Thursday Briefing: A Dangerous Haze Across North America
Also, evacuations from flooding in Ukraine.
Air Quality This Week Gives U.S. a Glimpse of the World’s Air Pollution
Air-quality readings like the ones expected across parts of New York State on Wednesday would not be seen as particular cause for alarm in some parts of the world.
Richard Revesz and His Agency Are Remaking the Pollution Fight
Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change.
Alberta Fires Rage While Election Ignores Global Warming
For politicians, discussing climate change in a province enriched by oil money is fraught.
E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold
In what would be the nation’s most ambitious climate regulation, the proposal is designed to ensure that electric cars make up the majority of new U.S. auto sales by 2032.
Biden Administration to Curb Toxic Pollutants From Chemical Plants
The rule would chiefly affect plants along the Gulf Coast, the Ohio River Valley and in West Virginia.
Biden Administration to Curb Toxic Pollutants From Chemical Plants
The rule would chiefly affect plants along the Gulf Coast, the Ohio River Valley and in West Virginia.
E.P.A. to Tighten Limits on Mercury and Other Pollutants From Power Plants
A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.
Earthquake Hardships Pile Up in Turkey: Shattered Homes and Lurking Disease
Hundreds of thousands are sheltering in tents, breathing air thick with pollutants unleashed from tombs of rubble, fearful that a new disaster could strike at any moment.