Jan. 14, 2021 — The Clean Air Board submitted comments to the Environmental Quality Board on Pennsylvania’s proposed rules to join and implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. In 2019, Governor Tom Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to develop a cap-and-invest program to control carbon pollution from power plants in Pennsylvania CAB […]
A(n) Air Quality Action Day has been declared for Susquehanna Valley, PA, on Thursday, Jan 14 Tomorrow’s Forecast Thursday, Jan 14: 102 AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Extended Forecast Friday, Jan 15: 66 AQI Moderate Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Current conditions: **An Air Quality Action Day is in effect for […]
A(n) Air Quality Action Day has been declared for Susquehanna Valley, PA, on Monday, Nov 9 Tomorrow’s Forecast Monday, Nov 9: 120 AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Extended Forecast Tuesday, Nov 10: 65 AQI Moderate Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Current conditions:**An Air Quality Action Day will be declared for the day […]
Air Quality Action Day has been declared for Susquehanna Valley, PA, on Sunday, Nov 8 Forecast Sunday, Nov 8: 104 AQI Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Extended Forecast Monday, Nov 9: 100 AQI Moderate Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Tuesday, Nov 10: 65 AQI Moderate Particle Pollution (2.5 microns) Current conditions: **An Air […]
Our PurpleAir network helps us understand local air pollution. PurpleAir provides continuous monitoring for particulate pollution. Read our Guest Editorial in Cumberlink.
View the recent CAB Zoom meeting where we discuss the air pollution caused by western wildfires and the readings at air quality monitors around major cities on the west coast. https://cleanairboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wildfires.mp4
Wildfires can cause temporary large increases in outdoor airborne particles, and substantial increases in gaseous air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde. Large wildfires can increase air pollution over thousands of square kilometers [or thousands of square miles]. https://iaqscience.lbl.gov/cc-wildfires#:~:text=Wildfires%20can%20cause%20temporary%20large,acetaldehyde%20%5B40%2D43%5D.
I Live in California. How Do I Know It’s Safe to Go Outside? A high-tech sensor network brought me closer to the natural cycles of my environment. NY Times, Sept. 4, 2020. By Annalee Newitz Contributing Opinion Writer
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for ozone for Monday, August 10, 2020, for the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in southeastern Pennsylvania, the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York in southcentral Pennsylvania, and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, […]
The Clean Air Board announced that it has installed a new air quality monitor in downtown Carlisle near the Square. The PM2.5 sensor will report its readings 24 hours a day. The real-time data can be viewed on the PurpleAir network. The PurpleAir™ sensor is a device that uses two laser particle counters to capture […]
