For more than a century, American cities have been sliced and diced by high-traffic roadways. Interstate highways and wide arterials are now a defining feature of most metropolitan areas, their constant flow of cars spewing pollution into nearby neighborhoods. Researchers have only just begun to understand the health risks posed by all that pollution. Long-term exposure to […]
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $10 million in Targeted Airshed Grant funding to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to help the Fairbanks North Star Borough improve air quality in the nonattainment area. EPA’s Targeted Airshed Grants are used to support local clean air projects in areas facing the highest levels […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted joint pollution response exercises with the U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving near Seward, Aug. 30. Involved in the exercise evolutions were: Coast Guard Cutter Cypress (WLB 210) Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Coast Guard District 17 Response Advisory Team Together, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, the State of Alaska and 10 other states and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency delivered a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of their failure to update wood stove emission standards. The communities of Fairbanks and North Pole experience some of the coldest winters in […]