Authorities in New Delhi have closed schools indefinitely and shut some coal-based power plants to combat worsening pollution while the top court considers a lockdown.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The nation's largest irrigation district has agreed to spend $3.5 billion to clean up contaminated water on central California farmland in a tentative deal to settle a decades-old dispute with the federal government.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey lawmaker says a judge's concern over delayed cleanup at a polluted creek could provide a route to appeal a decision to approve a $225 million deal between the state and ExxonMobil over pollution at dozens of sites and nearly 2,000 retail gas stations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stricter smog standard proposed by the Obama administration joins a string of historic — and controversial — moves by the administration to improve air quality.
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — TOLEDO, Ohio — The mayor of Toledo, Ohio, has lifted a water ban that left 400,000 Ohio and Michigan residents scrambling for water for drinking, cooking and bathing.