The standards of the 1970s were a step forward, but only a modest one. The EPA reports that transportation accounted for 28% ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are proving to be a game-changer in the global fight against climate change. A new report by a respected clean transportation research group has revealed that battery electric ...

In cars, pollution doesn’t come from exhaust alone. It also comes from wear and tear on roads, tires, and brakes. According to new research, tiny bits of dust cast off by brake pads may inflict more ...

California’s clean-air regulator is pressing ahead with work on new rules for auto emissions in the state and possible new tax credits for electric cars to counter the Trump administration’s effort to ...

Cars on the road today are 99% cleaner than they were in 1970. Air quality in the United States is much, much better as a result. In Los Angeles, where I live, lead levels in the air were 50 times ...

The Trump administration is expected to announce that it will roll back automobile gas mileage and pollution standards. Automakers wanted the government to relax the current standards, which were ...

More expensive cars emit lower levels of pollution—meaning that motorists owning cheaper, higher-emitting vehicles contribute disproportionately to their local urban air quality problems, a new study ...

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Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in wildfire smoke or automobile-related city smog doesn't just increase the ...

A surprising incident from Rajasthan’s Nagaur has gone viral after a traffic police officer issued a pollution challan to an ...