Each fire’s impact could depend on what was burning, for how long, and levels of public awareness, researchers hypothesize.

California’s push to electrify its cars is facing a potentially serious problem: People aren’t buying electric cars fast enough.

Toxics in the air from urban wildfires may include dioxins, asbestos, and lead. But testing, until recently, for these air ...

One of the latest executive orders signed by Joe Biden prohibits these infrastructures from being built in areas with a high ...

Data reviewed by Caltech scientists found spikes of lead, chlorine and bromine in the air after the Eaton fire started.

A Day 1 executive order directed federal agencies to freeze funding under former president Joe Biden’s signature climate law, ...

New research is strengthening the link between air pollution and dementia, with a recent study at the University of Washington showing wildfire smoke is particularly dangerous. Why it matters: While ...

Along with this more than fivefold increase in billion-dollar disasters came rising insurance costs - exacerbated by weather disasters striking densely populated areas more frequently, the rising ...

But the refinery could have been facing steep penalties after last weekend’s explosion had a bill opposed by its owner passed during California ... on notice for air pollution violations ...