Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. A new Tel Aviv University study suggests that parents who smoke mistakenly rely on their own physical senses to gauge the presence of tobacco smoke in the air. “This reliance on their own physical sensory perceptions leads to […]
Seattle — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has been recommended to receive approximately $2.5 million in Clean Air Act Targeted Airshed grant funds to help improve air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska. Grant awards will be made upon successful completion of the award application process. Targeted Airshed […]
A smoking mountain near the Yukon River not far from Eagle is, after further study, still a puzzle. People first noticed acrid smoke in September 2012. The mountain has been steaming ever since, even through the coldest days of winter. Scientists thought a likely cause for the smoldering mountaintop was an oily rock deposit that […]
Two wildfires are raging in Cook Inlet, one on the western shores of the inlet near Tyonek and another on the Kenai Peninsula near the city of Soldotna. Reports relay that both fires have grown much larger since the fires weere first reported. Estimates made on Monday night showed the Funny River Fire near Soldotna […]