The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution.

Colorado regulators approved a plan that will require state agencies to use electric-powered lawn and garden equipment on public property.

The act states 'going electric' generates health benefits for those hearing, handling and inhaling gas engines for 'hours on end.'

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared.

Growing evidence shows poor air quality is linked to a higher risk for anxiety, depression, even dementia.

Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week.

Smoke from Canada's wildfires has engulfed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for more than a week and its impact is being felt the most in New York City.

A team of researchers at Washington State University is trying to purify the air by creating filters made of bio-degradable corn.