Air quality in the Arkansas neighborhood where an Exxon Mobil Corp pipeline leaked thousands of barrels of Canadian crude has improved but was still unhealthy where workers were cleaning it up, the

The Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau released an emergency air pollution plan on April 1.

China's poorest areas enjoy the best quality air, a new report suggests.
Of the 30 cities found to have the worst levels of PM10, 70 percent also rank highly in terms of per capita GDP.

Current policies on containing air pollution, particularly in cities, are regressive

Our health is not on anybody's agenda. Or we just don't seem to make the connections between the growing burden of disease and the deteriorating condition of our environment. We don't really believe science, which tells us each passing day how toxins affect our bodies, leading to high rates of both morbidity and mortality. It is true that it is difficult to establish cause and effect; but we know more than enough to say that air pollution is today a leading cause of both disease and death in India and other parts of South Asia.

The Chinese Center For Disease Control And Prevention plans to spend up to 60 million yuan ($9.64 million) in the next three years on health research in the country's top 10 air polluted cities, Be

Shanghai is likely to become the first city nationwide to pilot PM2.5 forecasts in 2013, as national legislators submitted proposals to address thorny environmental issues.

Shanghai's air quality index reporting system was due to be updated on Friday by the city's Environmental Protection Bureau to provide real-time information to the public.

The air quality in Beijing and nearby regions hit dangerous levels Thursday, Beijing's environmental authorities said.

Air quality in China's capital, Beijing, has once again hit serious levels, with thick smog and a sandstorm blanketing the city.