Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

Allen County meeting ozone standards.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

Allen County, Ohio is meeting national air quality standards and the state wants the county taken off the list of counties not complying. [News Source]

Timken to pay $200K fine.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

Timken Co. will pay a $200,000 civil penalty for air pollution control violations. [News Source]

Pit sparks strong passions.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

During an informal poll of Richland, Michigan residents, one thing was clear - they don't want to live next to a gravel pit. [News Source]

Air quality dives as temps rise.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

High ozone levels last Thursday triggered the first code red air quality warning to come from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in two years. [News Source]

Air quality alert ends record temps set amid smog.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

An air quality alert ended Monday after a three-day heat wave that fried several local Canadian weather records. [News Source]

Is climate change in the air?
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

With the heat wave British Columbia is currently experiencing comes a problem for many people — poor air quality. [News Source]

Third runway passes pollution test .
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 8:00 pm

A new runway at London's Heathrow is a more likely prospect after a government study found the air pollution problem around the airport was less serious than had been feared and could be overcome. [News Source]

EPA issues power plant an draft air quality permit.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 4:00 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft air quality permit for the Desert Rock Power Plant in New Mexico on Thursday, calling it one of the strictest permits ever.

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New plants concern Strayhorn.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 12:00 pm

Independent gubernatorial candidate Carole Keeton Strayhorn is joining a growing number of elected leaders worried that 17 proposed power plants could harm air quality in Dallas-Fort Worth. [News Source]

Strayhorn opposes coal power plants.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 12:00 pm

Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn said Monday that she opposed the creation of new coal-burning power plants that Dallas-area officials fear will contribute to the area's pollution problem. [News Source]

Agency issues air pollution advisory for region today.
Tuesday July 25th 2006, 12:00 pm

An air pollution advisory has been issued for today for Clark, Greene, Miami, and Montgomery counties in Ohio because of forecasts of high concentrations of smog. [News Source]