Latest News about Air Pollution and Its Effects

The landfill nobody wants.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

For more than a decade, the Chittenden Solid Waste District has planned to build a regional landfill, but a long legal dispute over where the landfill would be located has kept the project at the preliminary planning stage. [News Source]

Massive cleanup to rid marsh of waste.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

After years of delays, crews are set to start the largest state-supervised cleanup in Delaware's history, replacing thick layers of plastic rubble and invasive reeds south of New Castle with 28 acres of healthy marsh. [News Source]

Fields bloom near Superfund site.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

30 acres of the former Avtex property is now the site of soccer games in the Front Royal, VA area. [News Source]

No conclusion in hearings.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

Appeals hearings continue in a suit involving a Springfield, MO, egg-producer and local residents who are concerned about the environment and their quality of life if a construction permit is granted. [News Source]

Citgo pollution charges in Corpus highlight problems with law.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

Two massive vats of oil, each capable of holding 12 million gallons, sat uncovered in Corpus Christi's sprawling refinery row for at least a dozen years, releasing unknown quantities of toxic benzene into the air. [News Source]

Pipe cleanup could lead to legal action.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

The successful cleanup of an abandoned and asbestos-lined water main along West Oak Grove Road may soon spur legal action by a local sanitation district. [News Source]

Older wood stoves face pollution crackdown.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

Oregon's environmental agency plans an aggressive push statewide for the replacement of aging wood stoves that are warm and cozy inside but fill the air outside with polluting soot and nasty toxic compounds. [News Source]

DEQ completes Willamette cleanup plan.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

After more than six years of data gathering, studies and meetings, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has completed a plan to improve the Willamette River. [News Source]

DEQ completes Willamette cleanup plan.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

After more than six years of data gathering, studies and meetings, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has completed a plan to improve the Willamette River. [News Source]

Million Trees gets off ground.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said public participation is vital to make Los Angeles — America's dirtiest big city covered less than 20 percent by trees — the cleanest and greenest city in the land. [News Source]

Smoking gun.
Saturday September 30th 2006, 8:00 pm

Despite comprehensive reporting by the Chronicle and a spate of new studies showing unhealthy levels of air pollution in the city, the majority of Houston's elected state officials remain indifferent to the problem of cleaning the city's air. [News Source]