CHICAGO (WLS) -- An air quality alert has been extended for part of the Chicago area through Thursday. The alert for McHenry, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Grundy, Cook and Will counties in Illinois ...

It wasn’t that long ago that few people were monitoring the air—not the government, not its citizens. Today, weather apps provide estimates of outdoor air quality, and the government’s own air quality ...

Experts and environmental groups highlight that individual and community choices—especially regarding wood stove use, vehicle ...

The Sacramento area woke up to a sheer haze permeating the Valley air, thanks to fine pollutants settling near the ground. According to IQAir, the county’s air quality was “unhealthy for sensitive ...

The 2026 State of the Air report ranked San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad as being the fifth-worst nationally for annual ...

University of Vermont buildings and others are seen through haze in a view from the beltline in Burlington on Tuesday, July 15. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger A wafting trail of Canadian wildfire ...

The Phoenix-Mesa area ranks as the 4th worst in the nation for ozone pollution, according to a new American Lung Association report. Climate change, including extreme heat and wildfires, is worsening ...

Air quality in life science labs isn’t the kind of topic that grabs headlines. It can’t compete with breakthrough Alzheimer’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bear Gulch Fire has been burning for nearly a month in the southeast part of the Olympic Peninsula, sending smoke drifting ...