It’s unspoken, but every driver gliding around town behind the wheel of a Prius is thinking the same thing: “I’m saving the planet. What are you doing, you dirty-fossil-fuel burner?” What’s implied is ...

Emission control systems in modern cars have slashed air pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. But these systems face two major challenges: carmakers cheating on pollution tests ...

In cars, pollution doesn’t come from exhaust alone. It also comes from wear and tear on roads, tires, and brakes. According to new research, tiny bits of dust cast off by brake pads may inflict more ...

In the 1990s, scientists restoring streams around Seattle, Wash., noticed that returning coho salmon were dying after rainstorms. The effects were immediate: the fish swam in circles, gasping at the ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are proving to be a game-changer in the global fight against climate change. A new report by a respected clean transportation research group has revealed that battery electric ...

Most of the used cars shipped to Nigeria and the rest of the continent have been stripped of pollution controls. The United Nations has warned that the trade in secondhand vehicles, which are ...

For years the Environmental Protection Agency has pushed carmakers to reduce how much vehicles contribute to climate change. Today the EPA laid out plans to not just weaken those rules, but end them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: This is what a car-free day looks like in Bogota, Colombia's capital. The city banned private cars for a day on Thursday - ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing temporarily shut down 103 heavily polluting factories and took 30 percent of government vehicles off roads to combat dangerously high air pollution, state media reported on ...

Ferries in port cities like Barcelona, Dublin and Naples are responsible for more toxic air pollution (SOx) than all the cars in those ...