"Efforts to slash staff, funding and programs at EPA are leaving families even more vulnerable to harmful air pollution..." ...

Skyscrapers on the west side of Manhattan. You know that thick layer of smog that tends to blanket New York City, especially in the summer? That pollution is called ground level ozone, and it’s caused ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality alert for ozone levels in New York City and other parts of the state on Tuesday. “Children, older adults and ...

The pollutants of concern are fine particulate matter for New York City Metro ... when DEC meteorologists predict levels of pollution, either ozone or fine particulate matter are expected to ...

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The past three days, New York City has warned that ozone in the city is at levels “unhealthy for sensitive groups.” Detroit and Chicago have also issued air quality alerts this week.

Levels of particulate matter for New York City on Wednesday doubled the worst days of any previous year, according to charts Burke produced ... either ozone or fine particulate matter, are ...