Air pollution

Even when skies are clear, air pollution can affect the health of sensitive groups.

Congressional representatives from St. Louis and Kansas City and environmental groups argue the state’s plan doesn’t make meaningful attempts to reduce the pollution that causes haze.

A St. Louis environmental group wants to help urban farmers in north St. Louis and north St. Louis County monitor air quality. Climate Changents are placing air monitoring machines that test fine particulate matter on urban farms and schools.

The North Omaha Station, a coal burning power plant, was supposed to stop burning coal next year. But its owner wants an extension to keep burning coal for three more years.

Early in the coronavirus pandemic, concentrations of a harmful air pollutant dropped by more than 30% on average worldwide, Washington University researchers have found.

Over the next two years, the Nature Conservancy in Missouri will plant 100 trees in parts of north St. Louis County to help reduce air pollution and flooding.

Metropolitan Congregations United and engineering researchers at the Washington University are working with several churches in north and south St. Louis to measure air quality in areas with high amounts of pollution.

Black people and Latinos in St. Louis are more likely to live in areas with polluted air. Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to faster coronavirus transmission, new research finds.

An event held on the banks of the Mississippi River was a symbolic step for communities in both Missouri and Illinois that routinely face similar air quality issues.

Burning fossil fuels has created a massive, global problem: climate change. New research from Washington University finds these fuel sources also have serious health consequences.