Americans generate a lot of trash and most of it is picked up at the curb and then dumped in municipal solid waste landfills (MSWL). Landfills receive common household garbage, including our stinky food scraps and worn-out personal belongings, such as beds and clothes, as well as nonhazardous wastes. There were 1,908 municipal landfills in the U.S. in 2009, according to the EPA ..read more

Smog is a mixture of pollutants made up mostly of ground-level ozone that can damage the respiratory system.  They form through chemical reactions among nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC).  Most of the air pollutants come from vehicles, power plants, refineries, chemical plants, and other industrial sources that create combustion from fossil fuels,  which chemically react with sunlight to form ozone.   ..read more

We've put together a list of healthy home gifts for everyone on your shopping list! These are highly-rated items for your family and friends to both monitor and improve home air quality. Get inspired by this healthy home gift-givers guide for your friends and family this season ..read more

The damage caused by climate change doesn’t just stop with damage to the environment. Climate change also can cause significant damage to human health. Climate change directly and indirectly affects our health in several major ways ..read more

Electricity generation in the United States comes from power plants running on fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, coal), nuclear, and renewable sources of energy (hydroelectric, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass ..read more