Tag: air quality

Italy fuel depot blast kills 2 and injures more than a dozen. 3 others missing

MILAN -- An explosion at a fuel depot in the central Italian region of Tuscany on Monday killed at least two people and...

Big offshore wind project proposed for New York as other sites are evaluated in 3 states

BRIGANTINE, N.J. -- Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals...

Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift

MARIETTA, Ga. -- Heavy smoke was causing low visibility Wednesday along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta as chemicals continued spewing from a beleaguered...

New Jersey offshore wind farm clears big federal hurdle amid environmental concerns

SEA GIRT, N.J. -- The federal government gave a key approval Tuesday to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey, even as residents...

Smoke fills the Wasatch Front – Here’s where it’s coming from

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utahns stepping outside will notice the familiar Wasatch Front mountains are missing from the skyline. They have instead...

Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says

LOS ANGELES -- As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking...