The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department issued a health advisory for sensitive populations due to anticipated high levels of smoke from fireworks. The LLCHD Air Quality Program typically observes periodic high levels of particulate air pollution from the evening of July 3 through the morning of July 5. During those times, Lincoln’s Air Quality Index often … Read more
The July Fourth weekend will get off to a steamy start in New York before intense storms descend throughout the tri-state region on Saturday, forecasters said. It’ll be humid and warm early Saturday — a “typical sultry summer day” with a high of 89 degrees in New York City — before conditions deteriorate significantly as … Read more
An air quality specialist has told a meeting that we need to change the narrative when it comes to how we discuss methane emissions in agriculture. Addressing the Agricultural Guild of Journalists of Ireland Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Co. Tipperary, Dr. Frank Mitloehner claimed that there is a “very negative bias” in reporting on … Read more
Invercargill has exceeded the national environmental standards for air quality for the first time, two months into Environment Southland’s winter air quality monitoring period. On Monday the Pomona St monitoring site recorded a 24-hour average PM10 concentration of 53mcg per cu m (micrograms per cubic metre of air), just over the standards’ threshold of 50mcg … Read more
Climate change activists claim they randomly started deflating tires on 40 SUVs parked on the Upper East Side this week — leaving behind fliers that warned: “Your gas guzzler kills.” The Tyre Extinguishers, a group that originally started in the UK, boasted of targeting dozens of vehicles Tuesday night in what the activists described as … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Friday has been declared an Air Quality Action Day due to higher ozone concentrations. According to the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA), higher concentrations of ground-level ozone, as well as commercial firework use over the weekend, may lower air quality in the area. MAPA says the air quality forecast … Read more
MUMBAI: With the onset of monsoon, Mumbaikars are breathing probably the healthiest air. On Friday, the city’s air quality index (AQI) touched probably the best mark since the lockdown years. The System of Air Quality-Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), and country’s air quality monitoring service by the ministry of earth sciences, suggested that Mumbai’s AQI … Read more
Pesticides and heavy metals in soil may have detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published today in Cardiovascular Research, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). “Soil contamination is a less visible danger to human health than dirty air,” said author Professor Thomas Münzel of the University Medical … Read more
Can you feel the excitement? With the Fourth of July holiday here, many are preparing for the barbecues and fireworks. Dog owners know how scared their canine companions can get from the booming and crackling of fireworks. All the commotion from celebrations can make for particularly anxious events, sending some dogs into sensory overdrive. Here … Read more
Civil society groups say they are very concerned at the further postponement of the European Commission’s proposal on the new Euro 7/VII vehicle pollution emission standards for cars, vans and heavy-duty vehicles – expected since 2021 – until November 2022. In a letter published this week, five organisations says any delay casts serious doubt on … Read more