Daily Dispatch | Smith County fire crews battled an industrial blaze near Tyler Pounds Regional Airport Thursday night, prompting evacuations and an emergency alert due to potentially hazardous smoke, before reopening Highway 64 and scaling back operations by early Friday.

ESS Open Archive | The study shows that smoke from the record 2023 Canadian wildfires significantly degraded Lake Michigan–region air quality, driving most PM₂.₅ exceedances and influencing one of two summer ozone events, while model–observation comparisons suggest the smoke’s ozone-dampening aerosol effects were likely stronger than simulations indicated.

Arizona PBS | The Clean Air Act has significantly reduced major air pollutants and improved public health, though further progress may be challenging, as discussed by experts Dr. Tracey Holloway and Emily Schilling.

PAHO | PAHO/WHO conducted air-quality assessments and on-the-job training in Turks and Caicos to help local authorities build lasting capacity for managing indoor environmental quality in public facilities.

United Nations Development Programme | Air pollution remains a major public health challenge in Viet Nam, and a 2025 pilot led by UNDP and AirGradient tested low-cost, community-operated sensors to expand hyperlocal monitoring, build local capacity, and generate data to support targeted pollution reduction efforts.

GMA Network | A coalition of tech and academic groups is deploying real-time air quality sensors across Metro Manila to collect PM2.5 data and guide effective public health policies against pollution.

BMC Public Health – BioMed Central | A large cohort study found that long-term exposure to common air pollutants significantly increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, with poor sleep quality mediating up to one-third of this effect, showing two modifiable targets for prevention.

The Hindu | The Supreme Court warned that Delhi’s severe air pollution cannot be solved by imposing GRAP year-round and instead requires a gradual, long-term strategy that protects the livelihoods of vulnerable workers.

Resources Magazine | A new study shows that when government shutdowns halt federal pollution monitoring, coal plants emit more manually regulated pollutants, showing how monitoring gaps can directly worsen air quality.

Zag Daily | Local authority funding for air-quality measures has collapsed despite many UK cities still breaching legal pollution limits, raising fears that progress on cutting traffic emissions will stall.

Daily Dispatch | Smith County fire crews battled an industrial blaze near Tyler Pounds Regional Airport Thursday night, prompting evacuations and an emergency alert due to potentially hazardous smoke, before reopening Highway 64 and scaling back operations by early Friday.

ESS Open Archive | The study shows that smoke from the record 2023 Canadian wildfires significantly degraded Lake Michigan–region air quality, driving most PM₂.₅ exceedances and influencing one of two summer ozone events, while model–observation comparisons suggest the smoke’s ozone-dampening aerosol effects were likely stronger than simulations indicated.

Arizona PBS | The Clean Air Act has significantly reduced major air pollutants and improved public health, though further progress may be challenging, as discussed by experts Dr. Tracey Holloway and Emily Schilling.

PAHO | PAHO/WHO conducted air-quality assessments and on-the-job training in Turks and Caicos to help local authorities build lasting capacity for managing indoor environmental quality in public facilities.

United Nations Development Programme | Air pollution remains a major public health challenge in Viet Nam, and a 2025 pilot led by UNDP and AirGradient tested low-cost, community-operated sensors to expand hyperlocal monitoring, build local capacity, and generate data to support targeted pollution reduction efforts.

GMA Network | A coalition of tech and academic groups is deploying real-time air quality sensors across Metro Manila to collect PM2.5 data and guide effective public health policies against pollution.

BMC Public Health – BioMed Central | A large cohort study found that long-term exposure to common air pollutants significantly increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, with poor sleep quality mediating up to one-third of this effect, showing two modifiable targets for prevention.

The Hindu | The Supreme Court warned that Delhi’s severe air pollution cannot be solved by imposing GRAP year-round and instead requires a gradual, long-term strategy that protects the livelihoods of vulnerable workers.

Resources Magazine | A new study shows that when government shutdowns halt federal pollution monitoring, coal plants emit more manually regulated pollutants, showing how monitoring gaps can directly worsen air quality.

Zag Daily | Local authority funding for air-quality measures has collapsed despite many UK cities still breaching legal pollution limits, raising fears that progress on cutting traffic emissions will stall.