NBC Bay Area | A Spare the Air Alert will be in effect on New Year’s Day in the Bay Area due to expected pollution from fireworks and wood burning, making wood fires illegal while officials warn of health risks from smoke despite forecasted rain.

Federal News Network | The shutdown of the State Department’s Global Air Monitoring Program removes a critical source of real-time air pollution data, undermining transparency, public health protection, and economic decision-making worldwide while raising urgent questions about how the program can be restored.

KQEN News Radio | An Air Stagnation Advisory is in effect until Wednesday afternoon across parts of southern Oregon as temperature inversions and stagnant conditions trap pollutants, leading to poor air quality and heightened health risks for people with respiratory illnesses.

ClearIAS | The text argues that recurring air pollution crises in India, particularly in Delhi-NCR, make it imperative to recognize the right to a healthy environment as part of the constitutional right to life, a position reinforced through judicial interpretations linking clean air to health, dignity, and survival.

Mathrubhumi English | Google Maps uses a color-coded Air Quality Index (AQI) scale from 0 to 500, where green (0–100) indicates relatively safe air and deep red signals hazardous conditions requiring caution.

iranintl.com | Air quality across large parts of Iran worsened sharply on Saturday, with AQI readings reaching “unhealthy for all” to “very unhealthy” levels in Tehran, Khuzestan, and Isfahan provinces, prompting health warnings and renewed criticism that authorities continue to rely on short-term measures rather than long-term solutions to chronic pollution.

Houston Chronicle | A structural failure at a BWC Terminals facility in east Harris County caused a massive sulfuric acid spill into a storage tank and the ship channel, sending two people to the hospital, prompting a hazmat response and federal oversight, though officials said air monitoring showed no threat to nearby communities.

Delaware Public Media | Delaware regulators ordered a New Castle oil refinery to install perimeter pollution sensors after it disclosed a much larger and longer VOC leak than initially reported, following repeated recent emissions incidents.

The New York Times | The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show.

NBC Bay Area | A Spare the Air Alert will be in effect on New Year’s Day in the Bay Area due to expected pollution from fireworks and wood burning, making wood fires illegal while officials warn of health risks from smoke despite forecasted rain.

Federal News Network | The shutdown of the State Department’s Global Air Monitoring Program removes a critical source of real-time air pollution data, undermining transparency, public health protection, and economic decision-making worldwide while raising urgent questions about how the program can be restored.

KQEN News Radio | An Air Stagnation Advisory is in effect until Wednesday afternoon across parts of southern Oregon as temperature inversions and stagnant conditions trap pollutants, leading to poor air quality and heightened health risks for people with respiratory illnesses.

ClearIAS | The text argues that recurring air pollution crises in India, particularly in Delhi-NCR, make it imperative to recognize the right to a healthy environment as part of the constitutional right to life, a position reinforced through judicial interpretations linking clean air to health, dignity, and survival.

Mathrubhumi English | Google Maps uses a color-coded Air Quality Index (AQI) scale from 0 to 500, where green (0–100) indicates relatively safe air and deep red signals hazardous conditions requiring caution.

iranintl.com | Air quality across large parts of Iran worsened sharply on Saturday, with AQI readings reaching “unhealthy for all” to “very unhealthy” levels in Tehran, Khuzestan, and Isfahan provinces, prompting health warnings and renewed criticism that authorities continue to rely on short-term measures rather than long-term solutions to chronic pollution.

Houston Chronicle | A structural failure at a BWC Terminals facility in east Harris County caused a massive sulfuric acid spill into a storage tank and the ship channel, sending two people to the hospital, prompting a hazmat response and federal oversight, though officials said air monitoring showed no threat to nearby communities.

Delaware Public Media | Delaware regulators ordered a New Castle oil refinery to install perimeter pollution sensors after it disclosed a much larger and longer VOC leak than initially reported, following repeated recent emissions incidents.

The New York Times | The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought the exemption, emails show.