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Nearly every Californian, 98%, lives in a county with poor air quality, a new study found.

The ballot initiative would tax residents making more than $2 million a year and use the funds to help the state curb wildfire, smoke and other air pollution. But some say the measure is overkill, given the state’s ambitious climate plans.

The initiative headed before California voters would tax the rich to create a windfall of...

Electric vehicles could prevent 275 premature deaths and 7,400 asthma attacks in New Mexico, per research from the American Lung Association.

AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- If the United States switched completely to cleaner energy vehicles and power plants, it would not only benefit the environment but also save an estimated 110,000 lives and $1.2 trillion in health costs over the next 30 years, the American Lung Association says in a new report. "These numbers are enormous," said Will Barrett, the national senior director of clean air advocacy for the health organization. "It's hard to wrap your head around. $1.2 trillion in public health benefits and 100,000 lives saved." Pollution fro...