In 2023, researchers from Northeastern University published a study that looked at how nitrogen dioxide pollution varied by Census tract. It found that Black, Latinx and otherwise non-White tracts ...

Black Americans experienced the largest decline, to about 50 deaths per 100,000 people, yet were still the highest among all groups. These relative trends were consistent throughout the country.

It’s a change that — as is often the case when it comes to air pollution — would greatly benefit Black communities. But like all Biden-era environmental protections, the new nitrogen oxide rule is at ...

Instead of the usual white powder that children ... Many in Temirtau believe that pollution from this metallurgical complex is what has turned the snow black. Angry residents started collecting ...