Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today announced the roll out of new grant and rebate programs to improve air quality in Pennsylvania funded by the $118 million settlement with Volkswagen Group of America, Pennsylvania’s share of the settlement for allegations of cheating on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions tests. The new initiative, Driving PA […]
Summer will soon be here and that can mean high levels of air pollutants in our air, specifically ozone and small particles, commonly known as smog. Meteorologists declare “Air Quality Action” days when they project that weather conditions are conducive for unhealthy air pollution. In 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) called six […]
During the 1950s, Los Angeles became one of the nation’s pacesetters in responding to air pollution. Massive public protests alarmed business leaders, who tried to diffuse thecrisis with a major public relations campaign that celebrated science and technology, while blaming cars and carmakers.Join historian Roger Turner for a talk that uses fascinating period photos to tell this story, […]
Artworks! Art Teacher at Carlisle Arts Learning Center Talia Amorosano What is in the air we breathe and are in the household products we use every day? Two local doctors will discuss the vulnerability of children and the elderly to environmental toxins and how we can protect them and ourselves Katarzyna Ferraro, MD, double board certified in emergency medicine […]
What is going on with the 2015 EPA Clean Power Plan? The Clean Air Board will discuss the current status of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. President Trump has announced his intention to repeal the plan. Can he do so? EPA is holding listening sessions and will keep open a public comment period until April […]
Professor Vandenbergh of Vanderbilt Law School will be speaking at Widener University Commonwealth Law School on Friday, Feb. 9, at noon (bring along your lunch), in Room A180 of the Administration Building, 3737 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, Pa., about a topic that could help reduce current political partisanship on climate change. He will explain how private companies, on their own, can reduce carbon […]
The Clean Air Board will be meeting on Feb. 1, 7 pm to discuss the future of electric vehicles. Why drive an electric car? We will discuss this question with Felix Edem, a representative from Brenner Nissan in Mechanicsburg, PA. Electric vehicles will become commonplace in the near future. CAB has been participating in the […]
There will be no Clean Air Board meeting on Jan. 4. CAB’s next meeting will be Feb. 1. The Journal of the American Medical Association has published a new study on deaths associated with air pollution. The New York Times reported on this study. “The researchers found that for each day-to-day increase of 10 micrograms per square […]
