Tag Archives: USA

India tops China in air pollution level increase

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

There’s just one area in which India has outrun China – air pollution. The rise in air pollution levels in Indian megacities between 2002 and 2010 has been much more than Chinese urban centres. It was also the highest among … Continue reading →

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Utah air quality alert system gets new color scheme

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Just as the first Red Day of the winter season was announced, state officials Monday unveiled plans to abandon the time-tested, three-color air quality alert system. Green, Yellow and Red Day declarations have guided Utahns through the winter air pollution … Continue reading →

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Air quality agency issues Southland no-burn alert

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Much of Los Angeles is being asked to hold off lighting wood-burning fireplaces or open pits starting at midnight Saturday and continuing for 24 hours to avoid releasing unhealthy soot that becomes trapped in the air by a wintertime weather … Continue reading →

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Air quality alert issued for the area

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The N.H. Department of Environmental Services is expecting air pollution concentrations to reach unhealthy levels for sensitive individuals in populated valley areas in southwestern New Hampshire — especially in Keene — for tonight into the late morning hours Wednesday. State … Continue reading →

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High price of breathing polluted air: Energy production and transportation in the cross hairs

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

In America in 2012, according to the American Lung Association (ALA), the good news is that the air in many parts of the country has gotten cleaner. Credit improvement to Clean Air Act standards. The not-so-good news, meanwhile, is that … Continue reading →

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Local air pollution officials, State Parks clash over rule on Dunes dust

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District and the California State Parks Department are at an impasse over implementation of a new rule to curb excessive amounts of dust blowing off Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area. Larry … Continue reading →

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New Space Sensor As A Hosted Payload To Track Air Pollution Across North America

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

NASA has selected a proposal from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to build the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across the North American continent hourly during daytime. The instrument, to be completed in 2017 at … Continue reading →

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Air quality warnings persist in Fairbanks North Pole

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air quality warnings have accompanied a stretch of cold weather this week, but those advisories won’t necessarily count against a federal mandate to limit local pollution levels. Borough air quality technician Jim McCormick said early Wednesday afternoon that air quality … Continue reading →

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