Tag: "air pollution"
Mount Diablo Views
Mount Diablo, in the heart of the East Bay, is an interesting mountain in many ways. But first of all, Mount Diablo is just there.
Post on Jun 02, 2011 by Andrew Alden
How Green is Biomass Energy?
When you think of where energy comes from, you might picture a power plant or maybe wind mills. You probably wouldn't think of a pile of 12 tons of almond shells.
Post on Mar 25, 2011 by Lauren Sommer
Tiny Lichen Point to Bigger Pollution Problems in Yosemite
Air pollution may seem like an urban problem, but it’s becoming an increasing concern in California’s national parks.
Post on Oct 29, 2010 by Lauren Sommer
40 Years of the Clean Air Act
In 1969, there were 65 days when Bay Area air quality exceeded federal health standards. Under those same standards, last year, there wasn’t a single day over the limit. On the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, we examine the impacts that the law has had on public health, business, and environmental justice in the Bay Area and what still needs to be done to improve the quality of our air.
Post on Sep 14, 2010 by Amy Miller
Reporter's Notes: Cow Power Not Cutting It
A handful of dairies across California are capturing the climate change emissions produced by their cows. But they're running headlong into another environmental problem.
Post on Aug 27, 2010 by Lauren Sommer
Reporter's Notes: Smog Checks Made Easy
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has kicked off a new campaign to promote the 1-800-Exhaust program.
Post on Apr 09, 2010 by Amy Standen
Reporter's Notes: Cash for Clunkers
As this radio story airs, Congress is debating two Cash for Clunkers proposals, one from the Senate and one from the House of Representatives. (A third proposal, also from the Senate, is almost identical to the House version.) Both would pay consumers to scrap their "clunkers" in exchange for brand-new, more fuel-efficient models.
Post on Jun 05, 2009 by Amy Standen
Producer's Notes: Asthma
Researchers are still very much working to figure out what, besides changes in the way asthma is diagnosed, might account for the 160 percent rise in the rate of asthma in children younger than five.
Post on May 19, 2009 by Gabriela Quirós
Reporter's Notes: Changes at the Pump
You'd have to be a real gas pump aficionado to notice the new gear that gas stations across California are required to have installed by April 1. California's gas nozzles have been outfitted for some time with vapor-capture devices, designed to cut back on the amount of volatile organic compounds – those smelly fumes – that escape when you pump gas.
Post on Mar 13, 2009 by Amy Standen
Reporter's Notes: Get the Soot Out
It's not just truckers that will have to spend a lot of money to retrofit their diesel engines. And quite a few trucks on California roads will actually be unaffected by a new California diesel regulation. The California Air Resources Board is expected to vote on a new diesel-emissions regulation when the board meets on December 11 and 12 in Sacramento.
Post on Dec 05, 2008 by David Gorn
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