by faster | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Vox DATE: August 22, 2018 SNIP: Ash and smoke are choking Seattle’s air for the second week in a row, as wildfires smolder in the Cascades and in British Columbia. The air quality in Seattle this week has been worse than in Beijing, one of the world’s most...
by faster | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Scientific American DATE: January 22, 2018 SNIP: Pollution in the atmosphere is having an unexpected consequence, scientists say—it’s helping to cool the climate, masking some of the global warming that’s occurred so far. That means efforts...
by faster | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle DATE: October 31, 2017 SNIP: Urban air pollution in the U.S. has been decreasing near continuously since the 1970s. Federal regulations, notably the Clean Air Act passed by President Nixon, to reduce toxic air pollutants such as benzene, a...
