/tags/air-quality air quality en-US Copyright Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:25:23 GMT /wildfire/2024-08-15/oregon-deq-issues-another-air-quality-advisory-and-more-may-come-this-month The Department of Environmental Quality issued an alert Wednesday for southern and central Oregon, where wildfires are filling the air with smoke. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 13:25:23 GMT /wildfire/2024-08-15/oregon-deq-issues-another-air-quality-advisory-and-more-may-come-this-month Lynne Terry /wildfire/2024-07-29/wildfires-causing-smoky-unhealthy-conditions-in-much-of-oregon Wildfires burning across much of the western U.S. and Canada are causing smoke to stretch across parts of central, eastern and southern Oregon. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:48:55 GMT /wildfire/2024-07-29/wildfires-causing-smoky-unhealthy-conditions-in-much-of-oregon Lynne Terry /npr-news/2024-07-28/crews-battle-park-fire-other-wildfires-across-the-us-west The so-called Park Fire had scorched more than 550 square miles in Northern California as of Sunday, contributing to poor air quality in a large swath of the Northwestern U.S. and western Canada. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:23:52 GMT /npr-news/2024-07-28/crews-battle-park-fire-other-wildfires-across-the-us-west The Associated Press /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-04/klamath-county-approves-more-funding-for-wood-stove-exchange-program Klamath County commissioners passed an agreement on July 2 to expand a program designed in part to reduce the County’s annual emissions by exchanging wood stoves with cleaner, more efficient heaters. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:36:37 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-04/klamath-county-approves-more-funding-for-wood-stove-exchange-program James Kelley /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-06/new-oregon-program-puts-air-monitors-into-communities-hands As Oregon’s summer skies become increasingly filled with wildfire smoke, some communities will have an opportunity to see just how unhealthy their air is. Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:31:05 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-06-06/new-oregon-program-puts-air-monitors-into-communities-hands April Ehrlich /wildfire/2023-07-24/wildfire-smoke-prompts-southern-oregon-air-quality-advisory Much of Southern and Central Oregon are under an air quality advisory that's expected to last until at least Wednesday night. Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:34:06 GMT /wildfire/2023-07-24/wildfire-smoke-prompts-southern-oregon-air-quality-advisory OPB Staff /wildfire/2022-08-09/california-fires-prompt-unhealthy-air-advisory-in-southern-oregon The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality warns southern Oregon communities of poor air quality caused by fires in Northern California. Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:05:44 GMT /wildfire/2022-08-09/california-fires-prompt-unhealthy-air-advisory-in-southern-oregon Alex Hasenstab /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-03-11/fresh-off-a-bruising-climate-fight-oregon-democrats-set-sights-on-diesel-emissions Two bills unveiled in the last week suggest House Democrats aren’t done pushing air quality regulations. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:47:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-03-11/fresh-off-a-bruising-climate-fight-oregon-democrats-set-sights-on-diesel-emissions Dirk VanderHart /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-05/a-half-century-after-the-clean-air-act-choked-worldwide It's stunning to look at pictures of American cities before we got serious about curbing air pollution. A heightened environmentally sensibility and the… Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:47:59 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-08-05/a-half-century-after-the-clean-air-act-choked-worldwide The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-08-08/what-bad-air-does-in-our-lungs "Bad" and "awful" are common descriptors for the recent air quality in much of the region. Wildfire smoke has pushed the quality into official ranges from… Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:01:46 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-08-08/what-bad-air-does-in-our-lungs Geoffrey Riley