Use of air horns continues unabated in Coimbatore

Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, allows noise range for horns between 93 decibel and 112 decibel. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan After a lull, use of high decibel air horns has become rampant among private buses and goods carriers in Coimbatore. …

These Arizona counties have the worst air pollution

Ever since Phoenix New Times reported earlier this month that she’d bailed out a now-convicted sex offender, local elementary school board president Jessica Bueno faced increasingly loud calls to resign. After a Tuesday night meeting of the Phoenix …

Manchester’s failure to curb air pollution is sending more children to hospital

Campaign group Mums for Lungs once again have Manchester’s air quality in their sights after their latest FOI request revealed that the number of babies and young children admitted to the city’s hospitals with breathing problems has risen by a third. Just …

China’s Air Pollution Controls Sped Up Global Warming, Study Suggests

Cutting lung-damaging—but planet-cooling—sulphur pollution from China’s coal plants, industry, and vehicle exhaust over the past 15 to 20 years has driven much of the faster global warming seen since 2010, finds new research from Norway’s CICERO climate …

Air quality expert breaks down pollution levels, how it impacts health

Artificially scented products may not be great for your home’s air quality

Do you use air fresheners, wax melts or other scented products? If so, they may be creating harmful air pollutants, researchers caution. A team from Purdue University studied the impact of common household activities involving scented products on the air …

More Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air Due to Wildfires, Extreme Heat

Around 156 million Americans, nearly half of the US population, now live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, part of a trend toward declining air quality as climate change-related extreme weather events like wildfires occur more frequently. …

Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his company xAI. Community residents and environmental activists say that since the supercomputer was …

Capital bans open-air burning to curb air pollution

The Phnom Penh Municipal Administration has issued a directive to all state, private, and public institutions to prevent activities that contribute to air pollution, including forest fires, the burning of rice stubble, garbage, solid waste, and open …

Nearly half of all Americans live in places with failing grades for air pollution

About 46% of U.S. residents — 156 million people — lived in areas with unhealthy air quality that earned “F” grades from the American Lung Association for ozone or particle pollution.  That’s according to the association’s 26th annual analysis of air …