air quality

Workers attempt to move a damaged rail car at the site of train derailment that released hazardous chemicals into a town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. (Photo courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency)

Federal government to send medical experts to site of Ohio train derailment
BY: - February 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — The federal government is sending medical personnel and toxicologists to conduct public health testing following the derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials that released into a small town near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. A team from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be […]

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has directed Attorney General Tim Griffin (right) to appeal the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of Arkansas' plan for dealing with air emissions that affect ozone levels in neighboring states. She made the announcement at an Arkansas Electric Cooperative power plant near Wrightsville. (Wesley Brown/Arkansas Advocate)

Arkansas files federal lawsuit against EPA over Arkansas’ rejected ozone plan
BY: - February 16, 2023

The Natural State’s dirty air problems are causing another beef between Gov. Sarah Sanders and the Biden administration. During a 20-minute news conference at the Oswald Generating Station in Wrightsville, owned by the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., Sanders announced that she asked state Attorney General Tim Griffin to file a federal lawsuit against the Biden […]

Mountains in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)

Fossil fuel drilling threatens air and wildlife in national parks, advocacy group finds
BY: - February 12, 2023

WASHINGTON — A “massive” methane cloud forming over Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.   Noxious air pollution fouling Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.  Herds of mule deer and pronghorn at risk of decimation at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Environmental problems like these are already resulting from fossil fuel extraction near four […]

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