The EPA's Air Quality Index can tell you whether breathing outside air can be harmful. Here's how to read the scale to plan ...

The DEC has issued an air quality health advisory for most of upstate New York due to elevated levels of fine particulate ...

Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Kenosha and Sheboygan are all under a poor air quality alert from noon to 11 p.m., according to ...

The building heat and humidity comes as Chicago's air quality readings early Monday morning were "unhealthy for sensitive groups," the website AirNow.gov said. The air quality ranked as a level three ...

Here’s how to understand the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air quality index (AQI), which measures, on a 300-point scale (along with six categories and advisories), the quality of air in ...