Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Air district issues a Wednesday Spare the Air alert

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Wednesday, the second straight day…

5 years ago

Federal agencies officially revoke California emissions standards waiver

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao officially announced Thursday that they are revoking California's…

5 years ago

Rising temperature prompts summer’s 13th Spare the Air alert

High temperatures and light winds forecast in the Bay Area for Thursday have prompted the Bay Area Air Quality Management…

5 years ago

Air district issues Monday Spare the Air alert

"As hotter weather becomes the new normal, it's critical that we end our dependency on solo driving." 

5 years ago

Soaring temperatures, light winds prompt three-day Spare the Air Alert

Air quality officials took the unusual step of declaring a three-day Spare the Air Alert due to sizzling temperatures expected…

5 years ago

Grants to help lower-income residents afford electric or hybrid cars

Residents with lower incomes in certain Bay Area neighborhoods can get help to replace their old cars with clean air…

5 years ago

Weekend flaring at Chevron Richmond Refinery causes public concern

Four members of the public filed complaints with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District over flaring observed at the…

5 years ago

Bay Area air quality expected to degrade as 2019 begins

Air quality is expected to degrade somewhat to "moderate status" in the North Bay and the Santa Clara Valley by…

5 years ago

Sonoma County airport adds electric vehicle charging spaces

The Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport now has more electric vehicle charging stations in the long-term parking lot and in…

5 years ago

Some colleges reopen, others remain closed due to smoke

Some Bay Area colleges and universities say they will open for classes and other business on Monday.

5 years ago

Oakland warehouse fire sends plume of smoke over city

A two-alarm fire destroyed a warehouse in East Oakland Wednesday morning, causing plumes of smoke that were visible through much…

6 years ago

Smoky air forecast for Labor Day weekend

An air quality advisory has been issued through the Labor Day holiday because of smoky skies expected in the region…

6 years ago

More than 13,000 firefighters battling wildfires

An estimated 320,000 acres have been burned in 16 major fires so far this fire season, state officials said this…

6 years ago

Air quality district approves more vehicle charging stations

Several Bay Area locations will install more than 2,000 electric vehicle chargers after the Bay Area Air Quality Management District…

6 years ago

Chevron to pay $170K for air quality violations

Chevron USA Inc. will pay a $170,000 settlement to settle air quality violations at its Richmond refinery between 2014 and…

6 years ago

SamTrans shifts toward electric buses, shops local

The San Mateo County Transit District board of directors voted this week to replace 10 diesel buses with new battery…

6 years ago

No shelter-in-place for Richmond refinery flare

Chevron was reporting flaring at their refinery in Richmond Thursday morning, but company officials say there's no need to shelter…

6 years ago

Tesoro fined $915k over refinery violations

Tesoro Refining & Marketing Co. reached a $915,700 civil settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District over a…

6 years ago

Russians cited for ‘Spare the Air’ violation

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Tuesday issued a Notice of Violation to the now-shuttered Russian consulate in San…

7 years ago

Wildfire smoke murks Bay Area air

Bay Area residents who think they're smelling smoke are probably right.

7 years ago

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