air pollution

A new report shows New Mexico’s air quality is getting worse –– especially near the oil-rich Permian Basin.

Environmental organizations from all over the country are gathering in New York to celebrate the state’s annual Climate Week event alongside the United Nations General Assembly. One of them––the U.S. Climate Alliance––is made up of states committed to addressing climate change. It released a report showing New Mexico and the 23 other states under its umbrella are polluting less and saving more energy.

Jered Ebenreck speaks with Austin Fisher of Source NM about climate change, wildfires, COVID-19, and masks.

A new study has found that long-term air pollution increases COVID-19 mortality rates.

Throughout U.S. history, industries that dump toxic waste into the air, water and soil get put in neighborhoods where low-income people of color live.…

Health advocates want money from an $18 million settlement from Volkswagen to be invested in new electric school buses in order to improve the state’s air…

A neighborhood association and an environmental justice group say a gasoline distribution plant is polluting the air in a low-income area of Albuquerque.…

Voters in Bernalillo County are gearing up to elect a new commissioner in next week’s general election.Republican Patricia Paiz is squaring off against…

Under the Civil Rights Act, local governments that receive federal money are prohibited from discriminating against low-income people of color. But people…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it’s opening a civil rights investigation into Albuquerque and Bernalillo County air pollution…