Air Pollution

Gulf Coast communities are dealing with increasing storms from climate change and higher levels of pollution from U.S. LNG terminals. Those facilities are also heavily subsidised by local and state governments.

Air pollution causes 7–8 million premature deaths annually, largely from chronic diseases, the WHO says in a COP29 special report.

Federal regulators dismissed environmental justice and climate concerns related to two large, proposed southern Texas LNG terminals.

There is “no excuse” why the oil and gas industry is not taking action on methane emissions, IEA research found. Regulators are beginning to propose more stringent rules.

A new joint study by UK and Chinese researchers asks: can bad air quality cause anxiety and other mental health problems?