Washington Post, Sept. 18, 2025, by By Shannon Osaka, John Muyskens and Daniel Wolfe Every year, millions of Americans’ lungs are filled with wildfire smoke — smoke that stretches from the northwest tip of Washington state to the East Coast’s most populated cities. It’s blown in from thousand-acre Canadian wildfires and from blazes in the American West. That smoke […]
The Guardian, Sept. 4, 2025 by Ian Sample, Science Editor Fine-particulate air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia by triggering the formation of toxic clumps of protein that destroy nerve cells as they spread through the brain, research suggests. Read more
By Hiroko Tabuchi New York Times, July 24, 2024 Research showed truck-related releases of nitrogen dioxide, which can cause asthma, concentrated around some 150,000 warehouses nationwide. Read more …
Warehouses As an Environmental Justice Issue August 29, 2017 by Quan Yuan When we think of locally undesirable land uses, we often think of large power plants, puffing single plumes of pollution. But many plumes of pollution from trucks traveling to and from warehouses can have equally large impacts on health. Read more …
Warehouses worsen local air pollution Truck traffic associated with the facilities increases NO2 by 20%, study finds by Krystal Vasquez August 7, 2024 Warehouses in the US worsen local air pollution, according to a new study. Using satellite data to study the air quality around nearly 150,000 warehouses, researchers found that nitrogen dioxide levels were 20% higher […]
The PA Department of Environmental Protection is concerned about wildfire smoke from Canada drifting into Pennsylvania. Excerpts from PADEP message dated Aug. 4, 2025: A(n) Air Quality Action Day has been declared for Susquehanna Valley Area, PA, on Tuesday, Aug 5 Tomorrow’s Forecast Tuesday, Aug 5: 102 AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Particle Pollution […]
Hello Clean Air Board community, We want you to know that DEP has declared an Air Quality Action Day for Ozone Pollution on Wednesday, June 4. Here are excerpts from their alert. A(n) Air Quality Action Day has been declared for Susquehanna Valley Area, PA, on Wednesday, Jun 4 Tomorrow’s Forecast Wednesday, Jun 4: […]
NY Times, April 23, 2025, by Rebecca Dzombak At least 156 million Americans, about 46 percent of the population, live with unsafe levels of ozone, particulate pollution or both, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report. See more
Join the Center for Land Use and Sustainabilityat Shippensburg University for a public forum on Warehouse Development — Impacts on People and Landscapes Wednesday, April 16, 6:00pm — 8:30pmCeddia Union Building MPR, Shippensburg University Members of the Clean Air Board will be there.
A(n) Air Quality Action Day has been declared for Susquehanna Valley Area, PA, on Monday, Jul 29 Tomorrow’s Forecast Monday, Jul 29: 105 AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Ozone 63 AQI Moderate Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Extended Forecast Tuesday, Jul 30: 54 AQI Moderate Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) 50 AQI Good Ozone […]
