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Camden Recycling Yard Fire Contained After Two‑Alarm Response

Regulators say recurring smoke has harmed residents' health, prompting litigation to force immediate safety upgrades.

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Chicago Area Placed Under Air Pollution Action Day for Unhealthy Ozone

Six‑Alarm Junkyard Fire Devastates Businesses in Opa‑Locka

New York Delays Electric School‑Bus Mandate to 2032 and Full Conversion to 2040

Wildfire Smoke Blankets Southern California and Prompts Regionwide Health Advisories

NYC Area Under Air Quality Health Advisory for Ozone

Everglades Max Road Fire Hits 11,300 Acres, Now 70% Contained Near Pembroke Pines

Tonga Eruption Triggered Chlorine Chemistry That Destroyed Methane

Bay Area Air District Weighs Exemptions in Gas Heater Phase-Out

MPCA Projects Active Summer for Minnesota Air Alerts

Westport Scrapyard Fire Contained as Route 6 Reopens

Brantley County Wildfire Now 64% Contained as Curfew and Evacuations End

Police Treat Brighton Bin-Store Blaze as Deliberate

Firefighters Work to Contain Onda Recycling Plant Fire

High Winds Force Stagecoach Evacuation as Festival Resumes Under Dust Warnings

Lung Association Report Finds 44% of Americans Breathing Unhealthy Air

South Georgia Wildfires Level Nearly 90 Homes as Two Major Blazes Burn Largely Uncontained

Lung Association: 44% of Americans Now Breathe Unhealthy Air

Rhondda Hillside Wildfire Extinguished After Nighttime Evacuations

Firefighters Largely Extinguish Pioneer Mill Blaze in Radcliffe