Light pollution is a growing issue. Over the past 25 years, artificial lighting has surged by 49% worldwide. For perspective, the brightness of the night sky has risen by almost 10% per year over the ...

Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...

Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, including by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives Reductions in vulnerability to air pollution since 1990 saved the lives of about 1.7 ...

About 1 in 4 people in the United States – more than 119 million residents – live with air pollution that can hurt their health and shorten their lives, according to a new report from the American ...

While Trump’s EPA sides with factory farm polluters, we’re heading back to court to ensure people know what pollution they’re being exposed to. While Trump’s EPA sides with factory farm polluters, ...

Air pollution, climate change, and public health are closely linked, as a new study shows. The report details on a town-by-town basis the deaths and illnesses caused by air pollution in Massachusetts, ...

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring ...

Imagine a world where the air is clean, the water is pure, and wildlife thrives in natural habitats untouched by human waste. Now, imagine the reality, especially as we approach World Conservation Day ...

Sometimes the environment becomes dark and murky. During such times friends also fall sick. — A migrant worker in Dubai, September 2023 Even as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government works to ...