Air Quality News
Air Quality Continues To Improve, Says Report
BBC | Jersey’s 2024 air quality report shows continued year-on-year improvement, with nitrogen dioxide levels steadily declining since 2000 under the island’s Carbon Neutral Roadmap.
The Effects Of Daily Carbon Market Dynamics On Urban Air Quality In China
Nature | The study finds that efficient, liquid carbon trading markets in China lead to measurable short-term improvements in air quality, particularly through reductions in PM2.5 levels.
Jessie King To Moderate Panel At Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association Meeting
Williams Mullen | Jessie King will moderate a panel on “PFAS Updates and TSCA Happenings” at the 2025 CAPCA Fall Meeting in Myrtle Beach, where Williams Mullen is a Gold sponsor.
Ozone Monitoring In The Polar Troposphere Using A New Diffusive Sampler
ScienceDirect.com | A new diffusive ozone sampler validated at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, showed strong agreement with ultraviolet analyzer readings and high self-consistency across sampling periods, confirming its reliability for long-term polar ozone monitoring.
FLPSO-AMPS: An Optimized WSN Model For Air Quality Monitoring In Tier-2 Smart Cities
Nature | The study presents FLPSO-AMPS, a fuzzy logic and particle swarm optimization-based routing method that improves energy efficiency, reliability, and data delivery in wireless sensor networks for air pollution monitoring in smart cities.
Appeal Filed Over Court Decision Letting EPA Suppress Factory Farm Air Pollution Reporting
Animal Legal Defense Fund | The Animal Legal Defense Fund and partner groups appealed a federal court ruling that upheld an EPA rule exempting factory farms from reporting hazardous air emissions like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, arguing the exemption violates the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and leaves nearby communities unprotected from toxic pollution.
Carnegie Mellon Research Is Behind A New Global Map Of Air Pollution
90.5 WESA | Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab and Climate TRACE launched a global map visualizing particulate pollution from over 9,500 industrial sources, linking emissions to nearly 9 million annual deaths and supporting environmental justice advocacy worldwide.
Wildfire Smoke, Regenerative Ag: Cornell Atkinson-EDF Research Aids People And Planet
Cornell Chronicle – Cornell University | Cornell University and the Environmental Defense Fund are studying how dust and wildfire air pollution has evolved since 1850 to better predict future impacts on health, mortality, and economies, with a focus on Latin America.
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Calhoun Chemical Manufacturing Facility
JD Supra | The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board fined Southern Ionics Inc. $3,000 after determining its Calhoun facility exceeded sulfur dioxide emission limits and failed to report hydrogen chloride emissions in violation of its air permit.
Delhi’s Air Quality Remains Poor, Clear Skies Predicted For The Week
The Economic Times | Delhi’s air quality remained poor on Sunday with an AQI of 168, as PM2.5 reached 74 µg/m³ and PM10 hit 159 µg/m³, prompting health precautions despite clear skies and comfortable temperatures.
Air Quality Continues To Improve, Says Report
BBC | Jersey’s 2024 air quality report shows continued year-on-year improvement, with nitrogen dioxide levels steadily declining since 2000 under the island’s Carbon Neutral Roadmap.
The Effects Of Daily Carbon Market Dynamics On Urban Air Quality In China
Nature | The study finds that efficient, liquid carbon trading markets in China lead to measurable short-term improvements in air quality, particularly through reductions in PM2.5 levels.
Jessie King To Moderate Panel At Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association Meeting
Williams Mullen | Jessie King will moderate a panel on “PFAS Updates and TSCA Happenings” at the 2025 CAPCA Fall Meeting in Myrtle Beach, where Williams Mullen is a Gold sponsor.
Ozone Monitoring In The Polar Troposphere Using A New Diffusive Sampler
ScienceDirect.com | A new diffusive ozone sampler validated at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, showed strong agreement with ultraviolet analyzer readings and high self-consistency across sampling periods, confirming its reliability for long-term polar ozone monitoring.
FLPSO-AMPS: An Optimized WSN Model For Air Quality Monitoring In Tier-2 Smart Cities
Nature | The study presents FLPSO-AMPS, a fuzzy logic and particle swarm optimization-based routing method that improves energy efficiency, reliability, and data delivery in wireless sensor networks for air pollution monitoring in smart cities.
Appeal Filed Over Court Decision Letting EPA Suppress Factory Farm Air Pollution Reporting
Animal Legal Defense Fund | The Animal Legal Defense Fund and partner groups appealed a federal court ruling that upheld an EPA rule exempting factory farms from reporting hazardous air emissions like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, arguing the exemption violates the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and leaves nearby communities unprotected from toxic pollution.
Carnegie Mellon Research Is Behind A New Global Map Of Air Pollution
90.5 WESA | Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab and Climate TRACE launched a global map visualizing particulate pollution from over 9,500 industrial sources, linking emissions to nearly 9 million annual deaths and supporting environmental justice advocacy worldwide.
Wildfire Smoke, Regenerative Ag: Cornell Atkinson-EDF Research Aids People And Planet
Cornell Chronicle – Cornell University | Cornell University and the Environmental Defense Fund are studying how dust and wildfire air pollution has evolved since 1850 to better predict future impacts on health, mortality, and economies, with a focus on Latin America.
Air Enforcement: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board Proposed Order Addressing Calhoun Chemical Manufacturing Facility
JD Supra | The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board fined Southern Ionics Inc. $3,000 after determining its Calhoun facility exceeded sulfur dioxide emission limits and failed to report hydrogen chloride emissions in violation of its air permit.
Delhi’s Air Quality Remains Poor, Clear Skies Predicted For The Week
The Economic Times | Delhi’s air quality remained poor on Sunday with an AQI of 168, as PM2.5 reached 74 µg/m³ and PM10 hit 159 µg/m³, prompting health precautions despite clear skies and comfortable temperatures.
Air Quality Headlines
Guatemala Moves Toward Policy Change For Cleaner Air, With UNEP Support
UNEP | 7 September 2025 | Guatemala, with UNEP’s support, is developing its first air quality regulation to set standards, build a monitoring network, and strengthen emissions controls, marking a major step toward cleaner air ahead of the International Day of Clean...
Daviess Co. Was Under Voluntary Shelter In Place Following Chemical Fire In Newburgh
WFIE | 7 September 2025 | A chemical fire in Newburgh prompted precautionary shelter-in-place advisories in parts of Daviess and Henderson counties, but officials lifted the orders after air quality readings showed no ongoing danger.
Climate-Change-Driven Wildfires Increasing Air Pollution Across Globe: UN
Al Jazeera | 6 September 2025 | The UN’s World Meteorological Organization warns that climate change–driven wildfires are releasing a “witches’ brew” of pollutants that degrade air quality across continents, urging stronger global policies to protect health,...
Unhealthy Air Quality Closes Areas In Mount Rainier, Other WA Parks
The Seattle Times | 6 September 2025 | Wildfire smoke has pushed air quality in parts of Washington to unhealthy and hazardous levels, prompting national parks to close trails, campgrounds, and roads at Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades.
Enhanced Temporal Attention-Based LSTM Model For Air Quality Forecasting
springer.com | 5 September 2025 | A new study introduces an enhanced temporal attention-based LSTM model that achieves 97.5% accuracy in forecasting PM2.5 levels in Karnataka, offering a powerful tool for early air quality warnings and public health protection.
Wildfires Producing ‘Witches’ Brew’ Of Air Pollution, UN Warns
RFI | 5 September 2025 | The World Meteorological Organization’s latest Air Quality and Climate Bulletin warns that worsening wildfires, fog, and pollution hotspots show how climate change and air quality are inseparably linked, while examples from China prove that...
Air Pollution Can Drive Devastating Forms Of Dementia, Research Suggests
The Guardian | 5 September 2025 | New research published in Science shows that long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) can trigger toxic protein clumps linked to Lewy body dementia, highlighting clean air policies as a crucial tool for brain health.
Arkansas Ambient Air Monitoring Network: Annual Network Plan For 2025-2026
JD Supra | 4 September 2025 | Arkansas has submitted its 2025–2026 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan to the EPA, outlining statewide air quality surveillance sites, pollutant measurements, and proposed network changes to ensure compliance with federal clean air...
CEM India 2026: Call For Papers On Air Quality And Emissions Monitoring
Envirotech Online | 4 September 2025 | The 4th CEM India conference on air quality and emissions monitoring, set for 10–12 March 2026 in Delhi, has opened its call for papers, inviting experts and industry professionals to present case studies and innovations by 17...
New Public Dashboard Allows Real-Time Monitoring Of Noise And Air Quality In Limerick
Limerick.ie | 4 September 2025 | Limerick City and County Council has launched a real-time public dashboard displaying air quality and noise data from 29 monitoring stations, linking environmental insights to public health and Active Travel routes ahead of Clean Air...
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