air quality

The Clean Cars for All program, launched by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, offers monetary incentives to drivers who get rid of their fossil fuel vehicles.

A string of wildfires darkened skies Wednesday and Thursday in the Pacific Northwest, where residents of the normally lush, green region experienced the world’s worst air pollution.

Breathing cleaner air is vital to your long-term health, so expect benefits if you live in one of these seven least polluted U.S. states, a new report says.

All of the smoke from wildfires burning around Southern California makes for unhealthy air outdoors. Check these maps to see what the air is like where you live.

Ozone is a beneficial gas in our atmosphere but when it’s highly concentrated at ground-level, it can have a harmful impact on our respiratory systems. Here’s what you need to know.

Air quality sensors will be delivered to Tijuana, Mexico to monitor particulate matter in the air and improve overall air quality in the border region that includes San Diego, the California Air Resources Board announced Tuesday.

A new program aimed to help San Diego residents impacted by the pollution of nearby shipyards and industrial plants will kick off on Thursday as part of a larger initiative to help those living in areas with bad air quality.

A new program will provide air purifiers to San Diego’s Portside community. NBC 7’s Brooke Martell shares how this will help residents from air pollution.

The clear skies greeting Olympic athletes in Beijing this month are a stark change from just a decade ago when the city’s notorious air pollution often made it difficult to make out nearby buildings.

Companies should be paying closer attention to how indoor air quality can help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and improve employees’ cognitive function.

Starting Monday, you’ll want to check Southern California’s air quality before lighting up the wood-burning fireplace or fire pit.

For generations, the pristine blue waters of Lake Tahoe have drawn nature lovers escaping their concrete jungles for a forest paradise. And though the area just escaped widespread devastation from the recent Caldor Fire, scientists are still seeing signs of the smoke’s impact on the lake’s water quality.

Parts of the Bay Area were under hazy skies Saturday due to smoke from the wildfires in Northern California and Oregon.
In the North Bay and East Bay, neighbors are really noticing.

Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that’s currently the largest in the U.S., are creating hazy skies as far away as New York as the massive infernos spew smoke and ash into the air in columns up to 6 miles high.

Health care and inclusiveness are rising as factors to be ranked a top U.S. state to live and work in.

After a year of the pandemic, social upheaval and mass remote work, these ten states are America’s best places to live.

Fireworks lit of the sky and left behind a blanket of smoke, leaving Southern California with poor air quality.

The Port of San Diego is doubling shore power capability at its B Street and Broadway Pier cruise ship terminals to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on and around San Diego Bay, it was announced Monday.

A research project led by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health found that Los Angeles County neighborhoods with poor air quality had the highest coronavirus death rates, it was announced Wednesday.

Two conservation groups filed a formal notice Thursday of their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its alleged failure to ensure San Diego County and other regions across the country rein in harmful air pollution. The Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Environmental Health say San Diego and Ventura counties are among six regions...