In my career as a pediatric lung specialist, I have witnessed the terrible impact that poor air quality has on children’s lungs. Every day, I work with young patients whose asthma and other ...

Diesel once promised a cleaner, thriftier future for drivers and governments, yet within a decade it has slipped from ...

In March, President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency moved to regulate diesel pollution by regulating nitrogen oxide release from heavy-duty trucks, starting in 2027. This was, according to the ...

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Pilsen resident Lili Scales lives near the Stevenson Expressway, in a neighborhood she describes as “blighted” by diesel pollution from heavy-duty trucks. When she walks to her local coffee shop, she ...

Chavez is majoring in social work and American Indian Studies at San Diego State University and is a member of Environmental Health Coalition’s community action team. She has lived in Barrio Logan on ...

Researchers in Canada have, for the first time ever, demonstrated how acute exposure to traffic pollution can immediately impair human brain function, offering unique evidence of the connection ...

Tens of thousands of diesel-spewing trucks are contributing to higher-than-normal levels of air pollution in Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers, according to a statewide air monitoring study. High ...

Illinois ranks fifth among states in the continental U.S. for health risks from diesel emissions. Credit: Kazimierz Popławski, CC BY-NC 2.0 / Flickr Community members and environmental advocates are ...

Government, business and media attention continues to focus on the supply chain shortages exacerbated by the pandemic that have prompted the Biden administration to seek 24/7 operation of the nation’s ...

People around the world breathed cleaner air after the economy ground to a halt during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. But Chicago and its suburbs missed out on the temporary reprieve from ...

A diesel locomotive hauls cargo from the Port of Long Beach. California regulators are considering rules to slash air pollution from locomotives and transition them to zero-emission technology. (Luis ...