State&#39;s smog police map route to cleaner air
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Riding popular Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#39;s endorsement, state air quality regulators are expected to step up a campaign against global warming that could spark sticker-shock in auto showrooms over the next 10 years.
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wants an exemption to proposed clean-air rules so that it doesn&#39;t have to replace toxic soot-producing diesel equipment with cleaner-burning models.
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DETROIT -- Some asthma sufferers in five states now can find out about air quality early enough to avoid being caught outside on a smoggy day.
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By Traci Watson  WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency will recommend today that the level of smog allowed in the nation's air be cut to protect public health, the EPA said Tuesday.
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States from Alabama to Wyoming collected such low fees from major polluters that they may have shortchanged efforts to fight air pollution by up to $50 million, an environmental group reported on Wednesday.
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By Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  WEST VALLEY CITY -- Clean air advocates were knocking on doors here Saturday to warn parents about the possibility of serious health effects from the Mountain View Corridor, and the need for mass transit in the area instead of a new highway.
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More than a dozen states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to lower soot levels from smokestacks and exhaust pipes, a move the state officials argue would save thousands of lives.
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The EPA findings will require 20 states and the District to devise strategies to reduce dangerous levels of soot pollution in the air.
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The average level of a deadly form of air pollution dropped in the USA from 1999 to 2003 as new pollution controls made strides in battling the nation&#39;s air quality
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Pinpointing pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and to understand its impact on climate.
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By Dina Cappiello, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 3--Houston is trying to become the first place in Texas to set a standard for hazardous air pollutants, a move that would make the city stricter than the state and federal government in policing the amount of cancer-causing substances in its air.
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By JOHN HEILPRIN  WASHINGTON - Federal scientists want to tighten smog standards, a step that would allow tens of millions of Americans to breathe easier but also would clash with President Bush's plan to wean Americans away from gasoline.
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By Joe Grundle  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled two public hearings in late March on proposed air-quality regulations for some lands on the Forest County Potawatomi Community reservation.  One hearing will be begin at 6 p.m.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 3--Environmental groups say Ohio should do more to protect poor and minority communities from pollution and are asking residents of those neighborhoods for help.
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The Environmental Protection Agency plans to monitor air emissions from livestock farms in nine U.S. states to determine how those operations effect air quality.
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By Liu Weifeng  Leave the car at home and take a bus.   That's the message being pushed by environmental experts in a campaign to clear the air in China's cities.
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San Diego County remains on a federal list of 225 counties that have some of the nation&#39;s dirtiest air, although area officials said they&#39;ve taken steps to reduce pollution.