Air

Anything related to air quality, air pollution, or the atmosphere

Record Heat, Smoke Trigger Air Quality Alerts For New Orleans, Baton Rouge

"What do you get when you combine record-breaking heat, wildfire smoke and sunlight? Ground-level ozone in amounts high enough to cause health problems in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans on Friday and Saturday, according to the federal/state Air Quality Index."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 08/22/2023

Texans Must Fight "State-Regulated" Oilfield Waste Dumps By Themselves

"Some Texans who challenge oil and gas waste sites must spend significant sums and time on investigating what they say the Texas Railroad Commission should examine. Will new regulations for handling waste increase oversight or just maintain the status quo?"

Source: Public Health Watch, 08/16/2023

WV Leaders Fight Pollution Standards Amid Health Risks From Coal Plants

"Asthma and low life expectancy are highly prevalent in communities around West Virginia’s coal-fired power plants, federal data show."

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, 08/11/2023

"Opinion: Why Haven’t We Made It Safer to Breathe in Classrooms?"

"Two years ago, we got a chance to assure parents and teachers, in any future epidemic, that the air in classrooms was safer, making it easier for children to attend school in person and avoid learning loss and isolation."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2023

"Utility Group Calls For Changes To Proposed EPA climate Rules"

"The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, said in formal comments Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants are too strict, and said power plant owners need more flexibility, including more time to install pollution controls."

Source: NPR, 08/10/2023

In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is a ‘Recipe for Disaster’

"A developer has big ideas to turn tires, plastic and electronic waste into energy at 30 locations, starting with a tire-to-gas plant next to the jail and student housing in the heart of what was once Ohio’s Steel Valley."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/08/2023

Asthma Data — A Starting Point for Key Environment-Health Stories

Whether marginalized communities suffering from asthma or cities cloaked in smoke from far-away wildfires, journalists looking to connect public health and environmental concerns around air pollution will find much of the data they need via the Centers for Disease Control’s asthma surveillance data. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox outlines the source and smart ways to use it.

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"EPA Again Blocks Colorado Air Pollution Permit For Suncor"

"The EPA’s Denver regional office is once again blocking a renewed state air pollution permit for the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, agreeing to objections from environmental groups that Colorado should crack down harder on carbon monoxide dangers and past plant modifications."

Source: Colorado Sun, 08/02/2023

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