Air Quality News
Data Centers and Air Quality: The Pollution Behind the Cloud
Data centers can affect local air quality through backup diesel generators, cooling systems, refrigerant leaks, and construction activity, making their physical infrastructure an increasingly important part of environmental planning.
Washington Smoke Blog
Washington Smoke Blog | Washington’s 2026 wildfire season brought unhealthy air quality to most of the state, with several eastern counties experiencing some of their highest numbers of smoke-affected days in the past 20 years.
Environmental Sensors Enable Advanced Air Quality Monitoring
Electropages | Mouser Electronics and Sensirion are expanding access to compact sensing technologies designed to monitor indoor air quality and HVAC systems, including sensors for CO2, formaldehyde, particulate matter, VOCs, and refrigerant leaks.
Inside Livestock Barns: Ammonia, Dust, Methane, and the Air Around Animal Agriculture
Enclosed livestock barns can generate ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide, dust, endotoxins, and animal-derived particles, with some emissions affecting workers indoors and contributing to regional air pollution after leaving the facility.
Air Quality Permit – Minerals Research, Inc. Copper Slag Processing Facility
ADEQ | Arizona environmental regulators have opened a public comment period on an air quality permit for a Yavapai County copper slag processing facility that emits particulate matter, VOCs, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hazardous air pollutants.
AIR PRO: A Pip-Boy Style Air Quality Monitor With Qualia S3 And SEN66
Adafruit Blog | A DIY Fallout-inspired air quality monitor uses multiple sensors and a simple color-coded display to track CO2, particulate matter, VOCs, NOx, temperature, and humidity without relying on cloud services or a smartphone app.
Coffee in the Air: When Roasting Becomes an Industrial Air-Quality Issue
Coffee roasting plants can affect air quality through smoke, VOCs, carbon monoxide, chaff, dust, and naturally occurring compounds such as diacetyl, making ventilation and source control important throughout roasting, grinding, and packaging.
Air Quality Monitoring Will Take On Increased Importance Due To Wildfire Events
WXPR | Wisconsin officials are considering expanding air quality monitoring after severe wildfire smoke pushed pollution to hazardous levels and coincided with a sharp increase in emergency department visits for severe asthma.
Shrinking Air Monitoring Networks Leave Communities With Fewer Options
Governing Magazine | A Floodlight investigation found that several states have restricted regulators from using community-collected low-cost air sensor data for enforcement, raising concerns as the nation’s traditional air monitoring network declines.
Protecting the Past From the Air: How Museums and Archives Control Their Atmosphere
Museums and archives carefully control particles, reactive gases, VOCs, temperature, and humidity to protect artifacts from slow chemical damage while still maintaining a healthy environment for visitors and staff.
Data Centers and Air Quality: The Pollution Behind the Cloud
Data centers can affect local air quality through backup diesel generators, cooling systems, refrigerant leaks, and construction activity, making their physical infrastructure an increasingly important part of environmental planning.
Washington Smoke Blog
Washington Smoke Blog | Washington’s 2026 wildfire season brought unhealthy air quality to most of the state, with several eastern counties experiencing some of their highest numbers of smoke-affected days in the past 20 years.
Environmental Sensors Enable Advanced Air Quality Monitoring
Electropages | Mouser Electronics and Sensirion are expanding access to compact sensing technologies designed to monitor indoor air quality and HVAC systems, including sensors for CO2, formaldehyde, particulate matter, VOCs, and refrigerant leaks.
Inside Livestock Barns: Ammonia, Dust, Methane, and the Air Around Animal Agriculture
Enclosed livestock barns can generate ammonia, methane, hydrogen sulfide, dust, endotoxins, and animal-derived particles, with some emissions affecting workers indoors and contributing to regional air pollution after leaving the facility.
Air Quality Permit – Minerals Research, Inc. Copper Slag Processing Facility
ADEQ | Arizona environmental regulators have opened a public comment period on an air quality permit for a Yavapai County copper slag processing facility that emits particulate matter, VOCs, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hazardous air pollutants.
AIR PRO: A Pip-Boy Style Air Quality Monitor With Qualia S3 And SEN66
Adafruit Blog | A DIY Fallout-inspired air quality monitor uses multiple sensors and a simple color-coded display to track CO2, particulate matter, VOCs, NOx, temperature, and humidity without relying on cloud services or a smartphone app.
Coffee in the Air: When Roasting Becomes an Industrial Air-Quality Issue
Coffee roasting plants can affect air quality through smoke, VOCs, carbon monoxide, chaff, dust, and naturally occurring compounds such as diacetyl, making ventilation and source control important throughout roasting, grinding, and packaging.
Air Quality Monitoring Will Take On Increased Importance Due To Wildfire Events
WXPR | Wisconsin officials are considering expanding air quality monitoring after severe wildfire smoke pushed pollution to hazardous levels and coincided with a sharp increase in emergency department visits for severe asthma.
Shrinking Air Monitoring Networks Leave Communities With Fewer Options
Governing Magazine | A Floodlight investigation found that several states have restricted regulators from using community-collected low-cost air sensor data for enforcement, raising concerns as the nation’s traditional air monitoring network declines.
Protecting the Past From the Air: How Museums and Archives Control Their Atmosphere
Museums and archives carefully control particles, reactive gases, VOCs, temperature, and humidity to protect artifacts from slow chemical damage while still maintaining a healthy environment for visitors and staff.
Air Quality Headlines
AIR PRO: A Pip-Boy Style Air Quality Monitor With Qualia S3 And SEN66
Adafruit Blog | 4 October 2026 | A DIY Fallout-inspired air quality monitor uses multiple sensors and a simple color-coded display to track CO2, particulate matter, VOCs, NOx, temperature, and humidity without relying on cloud services or a smartphone app.
Air Quality Monitoring Will Take On Increased Importance Due To Wildfire Events
WXPR | 3 October 2026 | Wisconsin officials are considering expanding air quality monitoring after severe wildfire smoke pushed pollution to hazardous levels and coincided with a sharp increase in emergency department visits for severe asthma.
Shrinking Air Monitoring Networks Leave Communities With Fewer Options
Governing Magazine | 3 October 2026 | A Floodlight investigation found that several states have restricted regulators from using community-collected low-cost air sensor data for enforcement, raising concerns as the nation’s traditional air monitoring network declines.
No Concern About Air Quality Following Massive Fire At South Haven Plastic Facility, EPA Says
WZZM 13 | 2 October 2026 | The EPA says air monitoring found no ongoing air quality concerns following a massive fire at a plastics manufacturing facility in South Haven, Michigan, despite hours of thick black smoke.
Higher Pollution Levels Linked To Slower Race Times Across Six World Marathon Majors
Technology Networks | 2 October 2026 | A study of more than 2.7 million marathon performances found that higher race-day air pollution was associated with slower finishing times, with recreational runners showing greater effects than elite athletes.
Student Researcher Eyes Climbing Chalk And Seeks To Improve Air Quality In CSU’s Climbing Gym
Colorado State University | 1 October 2026 | A Colorado State University student turned concerns about dust at a campus climbing gym into an opportunity to investigate indoor air quality with guidance from environmental toxicology researchers.
How To Keep Kids, Seniors And Pets Safe From Wildfire Smoke
Rock Hill Herald | 1 October 2026 | Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires is worsening air quality across parts of the Midwest and Northeast, prompting health warnings as fine particulate pollution spreads into heavily populated areas.
America’s Air Monitors Are Disappearing. So Is Your Power To Expose Polluters.
West Virginia Watch | 30 September 2026 | As federal air monitoring infrastructure declines, communities across the United States are increasingly turning to low-cost sensors to track pollution from wildfires, industry, data centers, and worsening ozone.
What You Need To Know About Indoor Air Quality When Your Windows Stay Closed
97.9 The Beat | 30 September 2026 | Keeping windows closed can allow indoor pollutants to accumulate, making effective ventilation, air quality monitoring, and controlling pollution at its source important for maintaining healthier indoor air.
Air Pollution Damages Cellular Energy And Raises Heart Disease Risk
Respiratory Therapy | 29 September 2026 | UCLA researchers have identified blood biomarkers that may reveal early cellular stress from air pollution, linking mitochondrial dysfunction and disrupted fat metabolism to the development of cardiovascular disease.
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