Walter F. Schoen (Voice, Oct. 19) complains that environmentalists are supporting contradictory positions, both for and against ozone-level reduction. Let us restate the facts: Ozone (a short-lived ...

Growing plants absorb some of the carbon dioxide emitted by human burning of fossil fuels for energy. However, according to a new study in the journal Nature, ground-level ozone (AKA “smog”) will rise ...

Over the past four decades, America has drastically reduced its emissions and dramatically improved its air quality. Since 1980, total emissions of the six principal air pollutants have fallen by more ...

You may have heard the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or one of NBC 5's Weather Experts say that today or tomorrow is an Ozone Action Day. But what does that mean and what should you do ...

Earlier this year, researchers said the ozone over the region was recovering. The annual ozone hole that forms over Antarctica has ballooned to near-record size, scientists say. Measurements from ...

Vehicles head inbound on South Broadway as polluted air obscures the view of the skyline of Denver from the south suburb of Englewood, Colo. UV radiation is subdivided into three types based on ...