Coal power grew in 2023 driven by China’s expansion and a slowdown of US plant closures

Global coal capacity increased by 2% last year, its highest annual increase since 2016, sparking concerns about the world’s ability to meet climate commitments ... Read More

Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023

The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed. Read More

Heat and drought are sucking US hydropower dry

Hydropower generation in the region fell ... US in 2024 compared to the previous year. And whenever there’s less hydropower, there’s usually more pollution from gas and coal-fired power plants ... Read More

Air Pollution News

Mar. 12, 2024 — Numerous measurement stations around the world provide us with data ... can strip pollution from the air -- and some plants do it better than others, according to new research. Read More

El Niño, burning peatlands and coal: Air pollution in Southeast Asia got worse in 2023

IQAir tracks PM2.5 data from citizens who ... China increased approvals for coal-powered power plants in 2023, with 243 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity permitted or under construction – a trend that ... Read More

These US crimes fell the most in 2023, new FBI data shows

(NEXSTAR) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its latest trove of data Tuesday, showing that crime numbers across nearly every category continued to fall in 2023. Violent crime in ... Read More

The world’s 100 worst polluted cities are in Asia — and 83 of them are in just one country

All but one of the 100 cities with the world’s worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis ... polluted major US city in 2023 was Columbus ... Read More

US traffic deaths fell 3.6% in 2023, the 2nd straight yearly drop. But nearly 41,000 people died

U.S. highway safety regulators say traffic deaths fell 3.6% last year, but still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation’s roadways DETROIT -- U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.6% last year ... Read More

FBI says homicide rates fell nationwide in 2023

Washington — Nationwide homicides have decreased by 13%, according to data released by the FBI Quarterly Crime Report, which exhibits a downward tick in violent crime across the U.S. The data ... Read More

Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state

The map below shows where state abortion laws ... Note: Women of reproductive age data comprises women aged 15-49 from the 2020 US census. Although people who are not women and outside of these ... Read More