Great Lakes Echo (http://greatlakesecho.org/tag/air-quality/)
The EPA sets a new standard for haze plans after six conservation groups failed to petition for the review of a Minnesota plan affecting visibility in national parks and wildernesses.
New research shows signs of decreasing soil acidification after 25 years of Clean Air Act legislation.
The students’ goal was to develop technology that reduces air pollution and health hazards related to grills.
Stricter new smog limits by the U.S. Environment Protection Agency may improve air quality, but some regions of Michigan have a long way to go to meet it.
Check out the improvements in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Gary, Toledo, Cleveland.
The program has cut smog 36 percent, stopping 35,000 tons of poisonous vapors from entering the atmosphere each year.
With every gas-powered car and every traditional wastewater treatment plant, a little nitrogen pollution gets released into the atmosphere. Scientists say it settles into the soil and may even lead to toxic algae blooms that kill fish.
China is second to the U.S. in terms of contributing mercury into the Great Lakes basin, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Don’t expect your local legislator to stop by the bar anytime soon. Starting today, about 500 bars and restaurants across Michigan will display signs telling politicians they are no longer welcome.
The fight for clean air in industrial cities has been taken to vehicle exhaust and billowing factories. Now it’s gone to the dogs. Or, more accurately, to their poop.