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Pueblo activists want clarity on Comanche power plant emissions

People in Pueblo are at the forefront of an emerging partnership to quantify environmental justice hotspots in Colorado.

Asthma programs to receive $3.7 million from Port of Long Beach
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Asthma programs to receive $3.7 million from Port of Long Beach

The Los Angeles-Long Beach metropolitan area has also been ranked in the past for having the worst ozone pollution in the nation.
Indian coal plants fail on pollution norms
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Coal plants fail on pollution norms, may cost 4,800 lives every year in India: Study

Research by independent group warns against rise in respiratory diseases and economic loss if air pollution increases.
Yellowknife wildfires saw higher ER rates for Indigenous people
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2014 Yellowknife wildfires saw higher ER rates for Indigenous people: study

Researchers suggest lack of access to care, inadequate housing and systemic racism may have played a role in health outcomes in Inuit and Dene communities during record-breaking wildfire season
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How bad was Central Valley air quality from wildfire smoke?

“The wildfire season in 2020 broke a lot of records in California,” an air quality scientist said.
plans to burn wood for energy spark fury
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In the nation’s asthma capital, plans to burn wood for energy spark fury

Springfield residents worry their neighborhood could soon become home to the state's largest commercial biomass power plant.

How to take care of your lungs
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How to take care of your lungs

If you’re one of millions of Americans exposed to air pollution, you may be at a greater risk of catching the coronavirus — and of having a more severe infection.
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