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UAF Lecture to Focus on Interior Alaska Air Quality
Channel 2 NewsA weekend lecture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will focus on the chronic problems with air quality that winter brings to interior Alaska. UAF officials say professor Nicole Molders will speak at the free lecture that's scheduled for 2 p.m....Tags: Environmental Pollution, Health and Safety at School, Environmental Issues
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Air quality agency issues Southland no-burn alert
L.A. NOWMuch of Los Angeles is being asked to hold off lighting wood-burning fireplaces or open pits starting at midnight Saturday and continuing for 24 hours to avoid releasing unhealthy soot that becomes trapped in the air by a wintertime weather...... -
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: Energy Saving, Asthma, Politics, Weather, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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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: Environmental Pollution, Asthma, Punishment, Weather Warnings, Respiratory Disease
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Energy experts say oil/gas drilling can be made cleaner
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the Colorado mountains, a spike in air pollution has been linked to a boom in oil and gas drilling. About 800 miles away on the plains of north Texas, there's a drilling boom, too, but some air pollution levels have declined....
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, American Petroleum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Anti-smog device
FrameworkUCLA researchers Richard D. Hopa, left, and Hiroshi Kimura, demonstrate new anti-smog device developed for autos.... -
Smog testing with human subjects
FrameworkChemical engineer Edward Liston, right, of Stanford Research Institute (SRI) checks on five subjects in smog chamber breathing reconstituted smog and noting reactions on pads.... -
Wind shift could reduce dead-fish odor from the Salton Sea
L.A. NOWAir quality officials said they hope onshore breezes Tuesday will reduce the foul odor that authorities said is coming from dead fish in the Salton Sea.... -
Foul odor in Southern California appears to be dissipating
L.A. NOWRegional air quality managers said on Tuesday they are hoping samples collected in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea can put to rest the mystery of the epic stink that descended over much of Southern California. Complaints about the smell,... -
Newport Beach's push to remove beach fire rings hits snag
L.A. NOWNewport Beach’s effort to remove 60 fire rings from its beaches has suffered another setback as the Coastal Commission — for the second time — returned its application as being incomplete. "Until we have all the information we feel is...... -
Warehouse cited for air quality issues awaits final disposition
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelA warehouse area cited multiple times for air quality issues is still in use in the Orange County Public Schools Facilities Department, but workers are spending less time there. In January, unhealthy air conditions were found in the archives warehouse... -
Air quality officials say DWP responsible for Owens Lake dust storms
L.A. NOWThe California Air Resource Board ruled Monday that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is solely responsible for controlling the choking dust storms that arise from the dry Owens Lake bed. The board said the DWP must take......
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