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Topic: Air pollution

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Paying for fresh air? It could happen

Troy Farah
A person walks near the Lincoln Memorial under a blanket of haze in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

SCOTUS' smog case threatens air quality

Sam Sankar
A CalFire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) firefighter seen silhouetted against the raging flames. CalFire firefighters take on the Rabbit Fire that is currently taking over Moreno Valley, California on July 14, 2023. (Jon Putman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke erasing air quality gains

Nicole Karlis
Kitchen filled with smoke (Getty Images/Ignatiev)

When indoor air becomes deadly

Ana Clara Faria
A mixture of steam and pollutants are emitted from the Naughton coal-fired power plant November 22, 2022 in Kemmerer, Wyoming. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Coal still kills thousands, study finds

Nicole Karlis
The Colorado Rockies groundskeeper carefully guides the riding mower in the outfield at Coors Field before the game agains the New York Mets June 21, 2018. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Why lawncare is bad for the environment

Tik Root - Grist
Storm Cloud Over A Farm (Getty Images/sakchai vongsasiripat)

Microplastics are in the clouds

Matthew Rozsa
A park in Stockholm, Sweden at evening time (Getty Images/Yelizaveta Tomashevska)

We need more parks, not air pollution

Jackie Ostfeld
A person looks out at the New York City skyline as it's covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires on June 7, 2023 in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Is a smoke-bomb planet our future?

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
People wearing masks walk along the Hudson River as smoke shrouds the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center as the sun rises in New York City on June 8, 2023. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Failure in New York's air quality crisis

Lylla Younes - Grist
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

Akielly Hu - Grist
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 27: With One World Trade Center behind it, a subway train moves along the F/G line in Brooklyn, February 27, 2019 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden unveils transportation roadmap

Joseph Winters - Grist
Smoke from Southern California wildfires drifts through the L.A. Basin, obscuring downtown skyscrapers in a view from a closed Griffith Observatory on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Here's why 'brown carbon' is so bad

Nealan Gerrebos, Allan Bertram - The Conversation
A cemetery stands in stark contrast to the chemical plants that surround it October 15, 2013. 'Cancer Alley' is one of the most polluted areas of the United States and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

EPA calls out environmental racism

Lisa Song, Lylla Younes - Grist
Pollution and pregnancy risk to the unborn fetus as polluted smoke stacks and toxic waste as an environmental danger to a mother and baby (Getty Images/wildpixel)

Air pollution squirrels into the unborn

Troy Farah
A burned residence smolders during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated Butte County, California on September 09, 2020. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke hurting pregnant moms

Lauren DeLaunay Miller - Grist
Cooking Bacon On Stove In Kitchen (Getty Images / Rostislav Kuznetsov / EyeEm)

Is your gas stove bad for your health?

Jonathan Levy - The Conversation
A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) worker fumigates an area to prevent mosquitos from breeding in New Delhi. (PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)

Why mosquitoes are taking over Delhi

Monika Mondal - Undark
A cemetery stands in stark contrast to the chemical plants that surround it October 15, 2013. 'Cancer Alley' is one of the most polluted areas of the United States and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

EPA is tackles pollution in Cancer Alley

Kate Yoder - Grist
Paula Brooks, a resident of the Ransom Place neighborhood in Indianapolis, is affected by traffic pollution from a nearby highway. (Faith Blackwell / Undark)

Hiding local pollution from the EPA

Nancy Averett - Undark
A United Airlines passenger jet prepares to land at Reagan National Airport on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Aviation’s dirty secret: leaded fuel

Yvette Cabrera - Grist
The Glass Fire burns behind Merus Wines vineyards in Napa Valley, California on September 27, 2020. - The Glass fire grew to 2,500 Acres on the evening of September 27. A heat wave and dry winds create critical weather conditions and mandatory evacuations are in order. (SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)

Heat and air pollution: a dangerous duo

Alexandria Herr - Grist
Ship with thick black sooty exhaust (Getty Images)

How cargo ships dump pollution into seas

Maria Gallucci - Grist
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Clean air and a climate fix are possible

Carl Pope
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