131 million in U.S. live in areas with unhealthy pollution levels, lung association finds

NBC News— Nearly 40% of people in the U.S. are living in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution and the country is backsliding on clean air progress as the effects of climate change intensify, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. The organization’s report — its 25th annual analysis of the “State of the Air” in the country — found that between 2020 and 2022, 131 million people were living in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution. The figure increased by nearly 12...

dailym.ai—More than 44m Americans are living in areas with toxic levels of pollution linked to asthma attacks and strokes. Americans are suffering from the worst levels of air pollution in 25 years, according to a new report. West Coast cities are primarily affected because of the large number of wildfires and drought.

Japan Today—U.S. job openings fall to 8.5 million in March, the lowest level in more than 3 years. U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign that the job market remains resilient in the face of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that employers posted 8.5 million vacancies in March,

TVLine—A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Adaptation, Led by Wednesday’s Emma Myers, Finds U.S. Home. A UK adaptation of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, based on the YA mystery novels by Holly Jackson, has found a Stateside home. Starring Wednesday‘s Emma Myers and originally commissioned to debut in the UK and Ireland on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder now will also stream in […]