Scientists know that air pollution can make it difficult to breathe and may ultimately cause serious health problems like cancer, but a new study shows that it might also have a negative impact on teens’ blood pressure.
With fireworks expected to fill the air with smoke in many part of the region for the Fourth of July, local air regulators warned Friday of potentially poor air quality that could have negative health effects. A “particulate advisory” will be in effect Sunday through Monday afternoon due to the anticipate levels of particulate matter […]
The mental image many people have of the Los Angeles skyline is one obscured by smog, with thick air pollution hanging over its downtown buildings. But with the city — and the entire state of California — under stay-at-home orders to stem the deadly outbreak of coronavirus, something dramatic has happened to the air in […]
The South Coast Air Quality Management District kicked off the new year with the release of an all Spanish language application. Southern California has more than 10-million Spanish speaking residents in the state, the second-largest community in the United States, and SCAQMD is the first-ever state agency to exclusively include this demographic via smartphone apps. […]
The Justice Department sued California on Wednesday, claiming that the state bypassed federal authority when it entered into an environmental agreement with the Canadian province of Quebec to combat air pollution. In a complaint filed in California federal court, Justice Department prosecutors argued that the 2013 program, which established a cap-and-trade system between the Golden […]
