131 million people in the US live in areas with unhealthy pollution levels, the lung association notes

Nearly 40% of people in the U.S. live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution, and the country is backsliding on clean air progress as the effects of climate change increase, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.

The organisation's report - the 25th annual analysis of the country's 'State of the Air' - shows that between 2020 and 2022, 131 million people lived in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution. This figure has risen by almost 12 million since the last survey a year ago.

The report also found that people in the United ...