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While the southern Willamette Valley has only seen moderate effects from wildfires this season, stretches from northern and southern Oregon continue to…

The U.S. State Department said it would stop publishing global air pollution data as part of attempts to shrink federal spending. The program set a worldwide standard for measuring air quality.

The average air quality in several areas east of the Cascades is expected to remain at levels considered “unhealthy for sensitive groups” over the next few days.

Smoke from a fire in southwest Oregon is pushing north to the Willamette Valley.

Fresh Air listens backs to interviews with The Simpsons' creator, writers and actors ahead of the show's marathon on FXX. Author Stephan Eirik Clark talks about his new novel Sweetness #9.

Oregon’s new air-quality web site has had nearly a half-million visits since wildfire activity picked up July 15, creating smoky skies over much of the...

Altogether, some 2 billion children worldwide are breathing air that has been deemed a "long term hazard," a report finds. Pollution contributes to around 600,000 deaths annually of kids under age 5.

As wildfires spread through Northern California counties, clouds of smoke and ash are spreading, too, far beyond the flames. Air quality officials have a database that's searchable by ZIP code.

The NPR host reflects on what it was like to "grow up on the air." Critic Ken Tucker presents his favorite music of '17. Jonathan Olshefski's new film centers on Christopher Rainey and his family.

The pollution levels have a staggering impact on health, according to the report, which says: "In 2012, one out of every nine deaths was the result of air pollution-related conditions."