Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...

No pollution is good for anyone’s health, but a new study found that scientists may have significantly underestimated just how deadly pollution from coal-fired plants can be. It also shows how tighter ...

When you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola or a Snickers bar, the price probably doesn’t break the bank. But what if the true cost of the plastic packaging is taken into account at the supermarket checkout?

April 22 (UPI) --More than 152 million people in the United States - about 44%-- live in areas that have unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution, the American Lung Association said in the 2026 ...

Nevada cities, including Reno, rank among the worst for air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s latest State of the Air report. Released last week, the 26th annual report found ...

National Pollution Control Day 2025: The new global data shows that pollution — especially air pollution, kills far more people annually than tobacco use or road accidents. Every breath of dirty air ...

Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more than twice as likely to contribute to premature deaths as air pollution ...