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Study Finds Global Tailpipe Tests Underestimate Diesel Pollution

Pollution from diesel trucks, buses and cars globally is more than 50 percent higher than levels shown in government lab tests, a new study says. That extra pollution translated to another 38,000 deaths from soot and smog in 2015, the …

Power Company Disputes Study Linking Plants to 3,200 Deaths

American Electric Power is disputing a new study that claims pollution from its 26 coal-fired power plants caused up to 3,200 deaths last year. The analysis was done for the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council. It also estimated that …