New research reveals how wind shear -- the same atmospheric conditions that cause bumpy airplane rides -- affects how pollution contributes to isolated thunderstorm clouds. The work improves ...

Most of the health benefits from wind farms haven’t reached communities of color and low-income Americans, new research shows. Most of the health benefits from wind farms haven’t reached communities ...

Aerosolized particles and other pollution produced from vehicle exhaust may reduce wind speeds near Earth’s surface, resulting in less wind for power generation as well as reduced precipitation, ...

Injecting large amounts of offshore wind power into the US electrical grid is manageable, will cut electricity costs, and will reduce pollution compared to current fossil fuel sources, according to ...

To craft the smallest flying structure humans have ever produced, researchers turned to nature. Engineers from Northwestern University designed a flying microchip about the size of a grain of sand to ...

New research finds plastics pollution is spiraling, spreading thousands of miles in wind as well as through rainwater, with the heaviest deposits of inhalable particles measured at high-elevation ...

Wind-borne pollution from China and neighboring countries is spreading to California and other parts of the nation and Canada as a result of surging economic activity and destructive farming practices ...

The federal government boosted the amount of carbon pollution Iowa must cut at its power plants, under a massive climate change plan announced Monday by President Barack Obama. The Clean Power Plan ...

There’s nothing to burn. No ore to mine. No coal trains snaking from Wyoming to Midwest power plants. But wind power has its own pollution problem looming. Last year, one third of new electric ...

The Ocean City Town Council says the "visual pollution" of an offshore wind farm could hurt tourism and property values, and it has started a process it hopes will ensure the farms are moved farther ...

As the wind speed dropped, the city's air quality deteriorated sharply on Friday, turning very poor from poor a day earlier.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... New research finds plastics pollution is spiraling, spreading thousands of miles in wind as well as through rainwater, with the heaviest deposits of ...