Environmental Health News | The Trump-era EPA canceled a $1 million Louisville air monitoring grant focused on predominantly Black neighborhoods near the Rubbertown industrial corridor, a move critics say undermines vital environmental justice research linking toxic emissions to cancer and asthma disparities.

Frontiers | A Beijing study of over 16,000 hospital admissions found that short-term exposure to PM2.5 and NO₂ was significantly associated with increased fracture-related hospitalizations, particularly among younger patients and men, suggesting air pollution may contribute to elevated fracture risk and related societal burdens.

SBU News – Stony Brook University | At Stony Brook University Hospital, undergraduate Amy Chen is leading an ozone garden project, part of NASA’s National Ozone Garden Network, that uses bio-indicator plants and AI to detect and visualize the harmful effects of ground-level ozone on both agriculture and human health.

ABC30 | California’s Valley Air District has paused its $500 million tractor replacement program, which has cut farm emissions by 30% since 1998 and replaced 14,000 old machines, after funds ran low, though officials hope for renewed state support to continue reducing NOx and particulate pollution.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Workers manipulating a gas valve during routine maintenance appear to have triggered a pressure buildup and deadly explosion at the century-old Clairton Coke Works, raising fresh concerns about safety amid U.S. Steel’s aging infrastructure and recent acquisition by Nippon Steel.

BIC Magazine | Air quality in Texas City has returned to safe levels after a Valero facility upset released sulfur dioxide, briefly closing nearby roads but posing no ongoing threat to the public.

PBS | The Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse gas finding could dismantle key climate protections and, experts warn, expose millions, especially children, to greater health risks from worsening pollution, heat, and natural disasters.

AZFamily | Arizona has set a new record with 58 consecutive days of healthy ozone levels, though forecasters warn rising heat and monsoon conditions could soon push pollution back up.

Los Angeles Times | A new report finds that dust from the Salton Sea’s expanding shoreline contributes less than 1% of particulate pollution in the Coachella and Imperial valleys, leading researchers to recommend shifting focus toward improving indoor air quality, such as providing air filters and weatherizing homes and schools, to more effectively protect public health

Inside Climate News | Chicago is racing to install 277 high‑quality air pollution sensors citywide by the end of summer, creating what could become the largest network of its kind in the U.S., to better inform public health planning and address chronic air quality disparities in its most affected neighborhoods.

Environmental Health News | The Trump-era EPA canceled a $1 million Louisville air monitoring grant focused on predominantly Black neighborhoods near the Rubbertown industrial corridor, a move critics say undermines vital environmental justice research linking toxic emissions to cancer and asthma disparities.

Frontiers | A Beijing study of over 16,000 hospital admissions found that short-term exposure to PM2.5 and NO₂ was significantly associated with increased fracture-related hospitalizations, particularly among younger patients and men, suggesting air pollution may contribute to elevated fracture risk and related societal burdens.

SBU News – Stony Brook University | At Stony Brook University Hospital, undergraduate Amy Chen is leading an ozone garden project, part of NASA’s National Ozone Garden Network, that uses bio-indicator plants and AI to detect and visualize the harmful effects of ground-level ozone on both agriculture and human health.

ABC30 | California’s Valley Air District has paused its $500 million tractor replacement program, which has cut farm emissions by 30% since 1998 and replaced 14,000 old machines, after funds ran low, though officials hope for renewed state support to continue reducing NOx and particulate pollution.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Workers manipulating a gas valve during routine maintenance appear to have triggered a pressure buildup and deadly explosion at the century-old Clairton Coke Works, raising fresh concerns about safety amid U.S. Steel’s aging infrastructure and recent acquisition by Nippon Steel.

BIC Magazine | Air quality in Texas City has returned to safe levels after a Valero facility upset released sulfur dioxide, briefly closing nearby roads but posing no ongoing threat to the public.

PBS | The Trump administration’s proposal to revoke the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse gas finding could dismantle key climate protections and, experts warn, expose millions, especially children, to greater health risks from worsening pollution, heat, and natural disasters.

AZFamily | Arizona has set a new record with 58 consecutive days of healthy ozone levels, though forecasters warn rising heat and monsoon conditions could soon push pollution back up.

Los Angeles Times | A new report finds that dust from the Salton Sea’s expanding shoreline contributes less than 1% of particulate pollution in the Coachella and Imperial valleys, leading researchers to recommend shifting focus toward improving indoor air quality, such as providing air filters and weatherizing homes and schools, to more effectively protect public health

Inside Climate News | Chicago is racing to install 277 high‑quality air pollution sensors citywide by the end of summer, creating what could become the largest network of its kind in the U.S., to better inform public health planning and address chronic air quality disparities in its most affected neighborhoods.