air quality

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen's flagship brand plans to change its diesel technology in Europe and North America as well as develop new hybrid ...

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automake...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has set a new national ozone standard, tightening limits on the smog-forming pollution linked to asthma and...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 percent within 5 years, a d...

BERLIN (AP) — The latest developments on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. All times local. ___ 6:40 p.m. Volkswagen AG has chosen the head of its Por...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Heavy haze forced Malaysian authorities to shut schools Tuesday in three states and two key cities as aircraft prepared ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Massive wildfires in the West have led to poor air quality across the region, causing respiratory problems for people far from t...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest developments at the Vatican's meeting of mayors on fighting climate change and human trafficking. All times local. ___ ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One city banned Styrofoam. Another has the highest percentage of "clean" cars in Europe. Still another has cut greenhouse gas emis...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Polar bears are at risk of dying off if humans don't reverse the trend of global warming, a blunt U.S. government report file...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The race for the 2022 Winter Olympics may not be as one-sided as many had thought. With Beijing long viewed as the favori...