pollution

Grant helps businesses reduce air pollution

Nine Bay Area businesses will receive part of a $2.6 million grant to install cleaner engines and equipment, in an…

9 years ago

EPA sued over nitrogen pollution at Antioch Dunes

An environmental nonprofit filed a lawsuit against the EPA, claiming it didn't do enough to protect endangered species.

9 years ago

‘Spare the Air’ alert bans wood fires Wednesday

Persistent stagnant weather forced the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to issue a ban on wood burning.

9 years ago

First winter ‘Spare the air’ alert issued

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued its first Winter Spare the Air alert for Sunday, which bans the…

10 years ago

Polluters benefit from lax state enforce­ment

The state Department of Toxic Substances Control has come under heavy fire this winter.

10 years ago

Choking smog stifles Chinese city

Clouds of pollution blanketed a Chinese city famed for its annual ice festival Monday, cutting visibility to about 30 feet.

11 years ago

Study predicts 34 years to ‘shocking’ climate change

Researchers predict a radically different climate on earth in about three decades at current emissions rates.

11 years ago

Dangerous smog chokes national parks

Smog is so bad in some of California’s national parks that visitor centers must warn would-be hikers.

12 years ago

Radioactive tuna found off California coast

Cesium-134 and 137 isotopes from Japan's Fukushima disaster have been detected in bluefish tuna caught near San DIego.

12 years ago

Pacific plastic patch grows thicker

The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is about 100 times denser than when it was discovered in the 1970s.

12 years ago

California can’t breathe easy just yet

The Bay Area is no longer listed in the top 25 worst polluted areas, but California still has a long…

12 years ago

Polluted water is poisoning Californians

Nitrate groundwater contamination, which can be fatal, has spread across California's farming communities.

12 years ago

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