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How to Win the War on Car Idling
Air-pollution laws, enforcement sprees and educational campaigns haven’t worked. What will it take to make drivers shut off their engines when they’re parked?
Colorado’s Unrelenting Ozone Pollution Could Mean Long-Term Problems For Your Health
Yes, even for healthy people.
Here's what's causing Colorado's stretch of air quality alerts
Today's pollution is very different from the Brown Cloud of the '70s and '80s but it could be just as bad.
Florida Manatees Died at an Alarming Rate in the First Months of 2021
Years of worsening water quality from toxic runoff have increased algae blooms and killed the sea grass that manatees graze on, experts say.
Manatees Are Dying in Florida, and the U.S. Wants to Know Why
A federal investigation is under way and a Republican lawmaker is urging the Fish and Wildlife Service to designate the sea mammal as endangered, rather than threatened.
Marine mucilage threatens Turkey's Marmara Sea
An environmental catastrophe is threatening Turkey's Marmara Sea.
Respiratory health disparities have persisted in the past 60 years: study
The study shows that people with lower income and education have worse lung health, even though air quality has improved in recent decades.
Sharp rise in Florida manatee deaths as algal blooms hasten food depletion | Florida | The Guardian
Death toll at 749, on course to pass high mark set in 2018, as pollution including nutrient runoff kills seagrass
Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — When the pandemic struck last year, oyster farmer Chris Burtis soon realized the restaurants that bought his oysters had mostly closed. Without a new market, his Ferda Farms faced potential economic ruin.
Climate Change Is Making Big Problems Bigger
New data compiled by the E.P.A. shows how global warming is making life harder for Americans in myriad ways that threaten their health, safety and homes.
People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. The Sources Are Everywhere.
Researchers uncovered stark disparities between white people and minorities across thousands of categories of pollution, including trucks, industry, agriculture and even restaurants.
Life expectancy in Denver varies by as much as 13 years depending on
This is a story about maps and death.