U.S. Steel, Western Pa. Power Plants Seek 2‑Year Exemptions From Air Pollution Rules

by Air Quality News | May 13, 2025 | Headlines

WESA | 13 May 2025 | Several industrial polluters in Pennsylvania, including U.S. Steel and coal-fired power plants, have received or requested two-year exemptions from updated federal air quality rules regulating hazardous pollutants like mercury and benzene, under a...

Long-Term Efforts To Clean Air In Alaska’s Second-Largest City Are Paying Off

by Air Quality News | May 13, 2025 | Headlines

Alaska Beacon | 13 May 2025 | Fairbanks, Alaska has cut wintertime PM2.5 pollution nearly in half since 2015 through cleaner woodstove replacements, better fuel practices, and sustained monitoring, despite persistent challenges from extreme temperature inversions and...

Comparison Of Air Pollution Mortality Effect Estimates Using Different Long-Term Exposure Assessment Modelling Methods

by Air Quality News | May 13, 2025 | Headlines

ScienceDirect.com | 13 May 2025 | A Dutch cohort study of over 10 million adults found that different air pollution exposure models—despite using various monitoring and modeling strategies—produced consistently positive associations with mortality, though the...

How To Stay Safe During Summer Smog Season As Hot Weather Adversely Impacts Air Quality

by Air Quality News | May 13, 2025 | Headlines

ABC7 | 13 May 2025 | Smog season in Los Angeles, which runs from May through September, is driven by sun, heat, topography, and vehicle emissions—making the region home to the highest ozone levels in the U.S. Despite improvements due to clean technology and...

New Tools To Enhance Environmental Monitoring In The Arctic

by Air Quality News | May 13, 2025 | Headlines

Homeland Security Today | 13 May 2025 | The EU-funded Arctic PASSION project has launched two new tools—AURORAE for real-time air quality forecasting and INFRA for localized wildfire risk management—designed to empower Arctic communities with accessible environmental...

Clean Air Month: How The Met Office Monitors Air Quality

by Air Quality News | May 13, 2025 | Headlines

Met Office | 13 May 2025 | During National Clean Air Month, the UK Met Office highlights its critical role in air quality monitoring and forecasting, noting how climate change is intensifying pollution through heatwaves, wildfires, and altered weather patterns....