In tough times, some of us see protecting the climate as a luxury, but that's an outdated 20th-century worldview from a time when we thought industrialization was the end goal, waste was growth, and wealth meant a thick haze of air pollution.
We want people to tell us the possible steps that can be taken to save ourselves from the harmful effects of air pollution.
Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.
Years of government inaction on air pollution has got people thinking that the state cannot even protect basic public goods like clean air.
In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.
We have lived with deadly levels of air pollution for years, which have made us more vulnerable to coronavirus.
The Clean Air Act of 1970 was designed to control air pollution on a national level by authorizing the development of comprehensive regulations to limit emissions.
Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation.
We can be thankful President Barack Obama is taking aim at one of the prime causes of climate change and extreme weather: air pollution. The EPA's carbon pollution standards are the most significant step forward our country has ever taken to protect our health by addressing climate change.
The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
