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Street Sweeping Crews Could Be Working Until Mid-June
Channel 2 NewsThe Municipality of Anchorage has crews out sweeping up gravel left over from the winter nearly 24-hours a day and crews could still on the streets for another eight weeks, according to Street Maintenance Foreman Paul Vanlandingham. He says...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Inversions Trapping Unhealthy Air in Fairbanks
Channel 2 NewsThe Fairbanks area is continuing to be plagued by air pollution despite relatively mild temperatures. Inversions occur when a layer of cold air is trapped below a layer of warm air. They normally occur in the Tanana Valley when it is colder, but...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Dusty Haze Prompts Advisory
Channel 2 NewsAs the sun warmed Anchorage Tuesday, January 15, it became obvious the unusual mid-winter temperatures have created a stir in the air. The Anchorage Health and Human Services Department issued an air quality advisory, which is something they say is...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma, Health, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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DHHS Cancels Air Quality Health Advisory
Channel 2 NewsThe Department of Health and Human Services is canceling the air quality health advisory that was issued Tuesday, January 15. Staff from the Municipal Air Quality Program determined that particulate concentrations in the air have reached a level low...Tags: Health, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Fairbanks Inversion Again Makes for Unhealthy Air
Fairbanks area residents are again being warned about breathing the air. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says wintertime air pollution has returned to the Fairbanks area because of lower temperatures and a strong inversion. Temperatures on Thursday...
Tags: Respiratory Disease, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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EPA Hits Shell with Air Quality Violations
Channel 2 NewsAs Shell Alaska looks to assessing damage to its recovered drilling rig the Kulluk, the Environmental Protection Agency announced recently the company violated several air quality permits during its operations in the Arctic last year. Two ships were the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Weather, U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution
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UAF Lecture to Focus on Interior Alaska Air Quality
Channel 2 NewsA weekend lecture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will focus on the chronic problems with air quality that winter brings to interior Alaska. UAF officials say professor Nicole Molders will speak at the free lecture that's scheduled for 2 p.m....Tags: Health and Safety at School, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Mat-Su Borough Issues Halloween Air Quality Advisory
Channel 2 NewsThe Mat-Su Borough has issued a Halloween night air quality advisory for Palmer, Wasilla and Butte, with high winds making air quality in the region “unhealthy to hazardous.” Borough grants and planning coordinator Pamela Graham says the...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Respiratory Disease, Environmental Pollution, Halloween, Environmental Issues
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Fairbanks: Voters Ban Borough Home Heating Device Oversight
Matt Buxton, Fairbanks Daily-News MinerVoters in the Fairbanks North Star Borough have approved an initiative that bans borough officials from regulating air pollution from home heating devices, including hydronic heaters that burn wood. The decision strips the borough of enforcement...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, Home Heating, Environmental Issues
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Fairbanks Voters to Decide Air Pollution Issue
Matt Buxton, Fairbanks Daily-News MinerFairbanks voters will get a chance this fall to decide whether the borough can regulate air pollution. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://is.gd/5cCfnA) says a group opposed to local regulation of air pollution is behind the Home Heating...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Home Heating, Environmental Issues
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Spring Snow Melts Leave Dust Across Anchorage
Channel 2 NewsAs spring snow melts continue, the dirt that is left behind can make spring a challenging season for some Alaskans. Air quality in Anchorage has been "moderate" for the past few days, posing a moderate health concern for people who may be unusually...Tags: Asthma, Health, Allergies, Respiratory Disease, Symptoms
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SCAQMD board member hears it from mostly pro-fire ring crowd
About 50 speakers voiced their opinions on the fire ring controversy Friday afternoon at Huntington Beach's council chambers. South Coast Air Quality Management District board member and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido sat next to Huntington Beach Mayor...Tags: Allan R. Mansoor, Local Government, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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