PITTSFIELD — A city resident is suing the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to crack down on harmful noise pollution that she says the EPA neglected to regulate for more than four decades.

With ear-pounding sources that range from gasoline-powered leaf blowers to crypto mining, a campaign aims to force the agency back into a previously abandoned regulatory sphere. More than 40 years ...

Last June, an anti-noise advocacy group, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental Protection Agency for not doing its job to limit the loud sounds people are exposed to in everyday life. The group is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chronic exposure to unwanted aircraft, traffic and construction noise may harm psychological and cardiovascular health. (Getty ...

I had always thought of golf and fishing as the most popular hobbies for middle-aged men. But in my neighborhood? It’s leaf blowing. Like a week-long pickleball match, two neighbors volley leaves back ...

, Aug. 16 -- There are multiple reasons that has made Dhaka unlivable and one of those that keeps its residents in constant and invisible agony is sound pollution. Loudspeakers, hydraulic horns, or ...

Birds around the world, already affected by climate change and intensive agriculture, are facing an additional threat: noise ...

A comprehensive study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) in association with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has revealed that noise levels in several ...

Chennai: High levels of traffic coupled with construction activities contribute to chronic noise pollution in the city, ...