Air Quality
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SPUR Talk: Does California Need a Statewide Clean Air Measure?
After all, pollution doesn't always stay in one region
December 4, 2020
A.B. 617: Plans for Monitoring, Improving Local Air Quality Move Along – at a Glacial Pace
Meetings tomorrow will consider emission reduction plans for Long Beach, San Bernardino, and East L.A. areas.
September 9, 2020
Is it Safe to Go Outdoors?
How are cyclists jonesing for a ride supposed to make sense of air quality readings that don't seem to match what they see in the sky?
September 9, 2020
COVID Cut Car Pollution Less in Low-Income Communities
Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor and minority communities are still the most polluted
July 31, 2020
Moreno Valley Hopes to Buy Its Way Out of Reducing Emissions from Proposed Megawarehouse
The developer and city have claimed variously that: they do not have to estimate, analyze, or manage emissions because CA cap-and-trade program is responsible; then, that they would buy offsets through CA's cap-and-trade program; then, that they would buy offsets on the international market.
July 28, 2020
Car Pollution Makes Us More Vulnerable to COVID-19
COVID-19 is a killer. But it has an accomplice: car culture.
April 20, 2020
Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
In California, the people living next to highways, major roads, and polluting industries--and thus subjected to higher levels of pollution--tend to be low-income communities of color.
April 7, 2020
TransForm: California Needs More Housing, It Needs to Be Near Transit, and It Must Be Affordable
Upzoning is necessary, but doing it without adequate anti-displacement and affordability requirements puts upward pressure on areas near transit, creating a whole cascade of unwanted effects.
February 19, 2020
Air Quality Board Member Rides a Bike to Meeting. Why Is this Newsworthy?
Or, put another way: why don't more public agency directors and staff, especially those working on climate and air quality issues, use - or encourage - active transportation?
December 17, 2019
AQMD Chair William Burke Speaks Against Transit
Should someone with Burke's negativity toward transit really be chairing a body charged with improving Southern California air quality?
December 16, 2019
