NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India’s capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on Monday after air pollution shot up to its worst level this ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — A serene, peaceful and quiet sight of nature. That’s how Durham native Pamela Andrews remembers the area of Lick Creek, in southeast Durham. Pamela Andrews looking at Lick Creek ...

Despite fierce opposition from the construction industry, the California Air Resources Board late Thursday afternoon voted to adopt a sweeping regulation to reduce emissions from more than 180,000 off ...

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced Thursday his office has sent cease and desist letters to four construction companies for allegedly violating zoning laws and causing dust pollution ...

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) -- San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced Thursday his office has sent cease and desist letters to four construction companies for allegedly violating zoning laws and ...

D.C. Water will begin performing construction work in the first week of February on and near the Georgetown University campus as part of the Potomac River Tunnel Project. The project will provide long ...

The bulldozers, backhoes and excavators building up Bakersfield are pumping noxious fumes into the air that contribute to illness, asthma and early death, according to a report released by the Union ...

Did you hear about all the harm that loud noise is causing us? Probably not because of the construction-induced cacophony that plagues urban India. The deafening drills and loud excavators used in ...