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The Biden administration is unveiling new, stricter pollution standards for American cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah, which have long struggled with chronically dirty air.
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Boise was not alone; air monitoring all across the west showed dramatic pollution spikes last night, peaking around 1 am. Most locations have returned to normal conditions - in southwest Idaho this time of year, that means 'moderate' air quality according to DEQ.
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The American Lung Association’s new State of the Air report includes a number of Western cities among those most impacted by ozone, short-term and year-round particle pollution. They include Salt Lake City, Boise, Albuquerque and a number of front range cities in Colorado.
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A new analysis of air pollution across the country reveals a wide range throughout the Mountain West.
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The Mountain West is known for big blue skies. But several cities here are among the nation’s worst for short-term air pollution levels, according to a new American Lung Association study. Wildfire smoke is an increasing factor, but so is smog from growing cities across the region.
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Two Western cities registered the poorest air quality in the world over the last week as smoke from wildfires in northern California turned the skies over the Rocky Mountains into a chalky white abyss.
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A new study has found that long-term air pollution increases COVID-19 mortality rates. The Harvard University researchers behind the study, which used…
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About one-third of Americans live in areas that regularly have unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to a new analysis out this week from...
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Emissions from Boise metro area traffic have gone up almost 146% over the last two decades, according to a New York Times analysis published Wednesday…
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More and more Americans are living in places where the air is dangerous to breath. That's because of smog or smoke from wildfires. A new study says...