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Network of environmental sensors will help people avoid air pollution hot spots
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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The system will provide up-to-the-minute information on outdoor and indoor air quality, based on environmental information collected by hundreds, and eventually thousands, of sensors attached to the backpacks, purses, jackets and board shorts of the people...
Tags: environmental sensors, San Diego County, air quality, hot spots, air pollutants, avoid air, pollutants hot, San Diego, Environment, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Technology Internet, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
Garfield County air quality brochure now available
Rifle :: CO :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Colorado — As part of an ongoing effort to keep track of air quality in Garfield County, the county's environmental health department has produced a brochure to educate residents about the issue. Titled “A Citizen's Guide to Air Quality Management in...
Tags: air quality, health department, Rada, Garfield County, gas industry, Rifle, Environment, Air pollution, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Aromatic compounds, Fuels, Volatile organic compound, Chemical engineering, Smog, Benzene
Aspen air quality good, but ozone levels high
Aspen :: CO :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Aspen's air quality experienced one of the cleanest years on record in 2008, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The agency recently released its annual report of air quality levels in towns throughout Colorado. “The...
Tags: air quality, Aspen Environmental Health Department, ozone levels, Lee Cassin, Aspen, Environment, Air pollution, Ozone depletion, Aspen Colorado, Air Quality Index, Roaring Fork Valley, Pitkin County Colorado, Chemical engineering, Ozone
Air expert offers tips for Lodi Rotary to breathe easy
Fullerton :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The improvement in the area's air quality, as well as the hurdles it still faces, was discussed by Anthony Presto of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District at Thursday's Rotary meeting. "Everyone knows someone who has asthma," said Presto,...
Tags: air quality, San Joaquin Valley, Fullerton, Air pollution, Building biology, Wood fuel, Asthma, Chemical engineering, Air dispersion modeling, Fireplaces
Oak Ridge Elementary may reopen soon
Greensboro :: NC :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Oak Ridge Elementary students and teachers might return to their school before February. Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green closed the school in June to address indoor air quality concerns. But officials told the Board of Education on Tuesday night that...
Tags: air quality, Paul Daniels, Oak Ridge Elementary, board member, quality concerns, Greensboro
Burn ban ordered in Clark County
Vancouver :: WA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility An air inversion has prompted a Stage 1 burn ban for all of Clark County. The Southwest Clean Air Agency issued the ban beginning at 1 p.m. today due to rising levels of fine particulate pollution. This means that the use of all fireplaces, uncertified...
Tags: burn ban, air quality, Vancouver, Environment, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Bioenergy, Heaters, Stove, Fuels, Pellet stove, Wood-burning stove, Fireplaces
'Red' air envelops Davis, Salt Lake
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility The Utah Division of Air Quality issued a "red" air-quality alert for Salt Lake and Davis counties through the weekend. A good omen, maybe, for Ute fans, but bad news for them and everyone who breathes, especially those in high-risk groups. In Utah County,...
Tags: Utah County, Salt Lake Haze, northern utah, Davis, Salt Lake Tribune Updated, Salt Lake City, air quality, Salt Lake City Utah, Weather, Davis County Utah, Salt Lake City metropolitan area, Great Basin, Wasatch Front, Wasatch Range, Utah
Parker County Web site tracks air quality near gas well sites
Fort Worth :: TX :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Parker County officials are creating a special Web site giving residents access to information on state air quality tests done at six gas well sites where higher than acceptable levels of benzene and other chemicals were found. County Judge Mark Riley...
Tags: Judge Mark Riley, web sites, wells sites, Parker County, gas wells, TCEQ, air quality, compressor stations, Fort Worth, Air pollution, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Building biology, Volatile organic compound, Chemical engineering, Occupational safety and health, Pollution, Benzene
Panel of experts: County should revisit tabled toxic-air proposals
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility In Texas, which perennially gets bad air quality grades due to oil and chemical industry emissions, air toxics guidelines approved in 2006 set emissions limits low enough to prevent short- or long-term human health effects. Houston even has its own "Air...
Tags: Allegheny County Health Department, air toxics, air pollutants, board member, toxics guidelines, Louisville, air quality, Health Board, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Chemical engineering, Emission standards, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Pollution, Volatile organic compound, Air pollution, Pollution in the United States, Air dispersion modeling, Environment
Columbus still strives to meet air quality standards
Columbus :: GA :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility While one air quality measure was reached last month, Columbus is still awaiting a ruling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on whether the region meets federal air quality standards for ground-level ozone. The city was on a watch list for nonattainment...
Tags: air quality, Columbus Water Works, quality standards, meeting air, Brian Carr, The Clean Air Campaign, Columbus, Air dispersion modeling, Environment of the United States, Columbus Georgia, Columbus Ohio, Air pollution, Smog, Chemical engineering, Environment
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