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Is there too much dust on Wheeler?
Now that the desert season is here and everyone is complaining about the dust, is the county going to have a water truck out on Wheeler Road every day over the holiday weekend and at night, too? The dust is so bad out there from the road you can’t...Tags: Highway Transportation, Environmental Issues, Holidays, Environmental Pollution
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Young, Elderly at Serious Risk with Current Smoky Air
FOX40 NewsShelly Soderberg, her granddaughters, and their friends spent the day at Royer Park in Roseville, just 30 miles from the Robbers Fire. You might not be able to see it, but you can smell it; the air quality isn't what it normally is. "It feels a bit...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Environmental Issues, Asthma, Environmental Pollution
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Environmental group says don't "blow" this opportunity when it comes to wind energy incentives
reporter"Our message today to Congress, don't throw wind off the fiscal cliff," says Sarah Bucci, Environment Virginia. The clock is ticking and this group doesn't want to be caught under the buzzer. Explains Bucci, "Incentives are benefits in place to build...Tags: Jim Webb, Tax Credits, Conservation, Mark R. Warner, Politics
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Smog Prompts Ban on Wood-Burning Fireplaces in Parts of L.A.
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Officials have banned the use of wood-burning fireplaces and fire pits, after an unusual smog pattern prompted air pollution warnings in downtown Los Angeles and parts of the San Fernando Valley. "We are experiencing unhealthy air...Tags: Punishment, Respiratory Disease, Environmental Issues, Fines, Weather Warnings
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Smog, haze blanket South Florida
Sun SentinelMuch of South Florida’s metro area was blanketed by a combination of smog and haze on Monday, the National Weather Service said. The smog was the result of a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, trapping air pollution near the ground. The haze...Tags: Weather, Cape Canaveral, Palm Beach County, Environmental Issues, Weather Reports
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Newton: Owens Valley dust-up
Los Angeles owes an old debt to the Owens Valley. It was there, a century ago, that representatives of this ambitious city quietly bought up water rights from unsuspecting farmers and then diverted the Owens River into a newly built aqueduct that...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Lakes and Ponds
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Commentary: Electric cars, the AQMD and other bad ideas
Do you know who, or what, is behind the AQMD? If you're from Southern California, you're likely aware that this bureaucratic acronym stands for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Sounds innocuous, right? It's anything but. These are the un-...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Standards
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Valley Police Beat: Smog check shops raided
EL CENTRO - After a 10-month investigation, two city smog check shops were raided earlier this week by the Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Automotive Repair and El Centro Police Department. Both search warrants were served Tuesday and citations...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Weather, air quality not set to put damper on Cattle Call Rodeo
Digital Media News EditorA dusty haze filled the Imperial Valley, causing what was initially reported as hazardous air-quality levels in the Brawley area, but later corrected to unhealthy air-quality levels. A software glitch had caused the Imperial County Air Pollution...Tags: Rodeo, Respiratory Disease, Environmental Issues, Larry Allen, Environmental Pollution
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Unhealthy air quality reported in Brawley area
UPDATE 2 p.m. A software glitch has caused the Imperial County Air Pollution District’s website to show hazardous air quality levels when they aren’t hazardous, just unhealthy. There are elevated air quality levels in the Brawley area,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Respiratory Disease, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Mat-Su Borough Issues Halloween Air Quality Advisory
Channel 2 NewsThe Mat-Su Borough has issued a Halloween night air quality advisory for Palmer, Wasilla and Butte, with high winds making air quality in the region “unhealthy to hazardous.” Borough grants and planning coordinator Pamela Graham says the...Tags: Halloween, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Respiratory Disease, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Survey: Air pollution from Puget Sound ports declining
Q13 FOX News OnlineFive years after federal regulators discovered that ports contributed to a third of the worst air pollution in the Puget Sound area, a new survey reported Tuesday that toxic exhaust has declined by as much as 50 percent at the ports, the Seattle Times...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Standards, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology
Dec 1, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 19, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Nov 19, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Nov 13, 2012
|Story| Daily Pilot
Nov 10, 2012
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Nov 10, 2012
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Nov 9, 2012
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Oct 31, 2012
|Story| KTUU
Oct 31, 2012
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