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The U.S. EPA strengthened its soot air quality standard from 12 micrograms per liter to 9 micrograms. Members of the Great Lakes Business Network are happy with the rule.
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With a severe Canadian fire season piled on top of everyday ambient hazards in the metro Detroit area, it's been a distinctly bad summer for the area’s air quality.
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Effects of urban air pollution, menopause disparities, and Wayne State football's new head coach.
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The three-year plan for the Wayne County Community Air Quality Project calls for installing 100 new stationary air monitors at strategic points throughout the county. The county will supplement that with 500 mobile monitors given to vulnerable residents, including children, who can clip them on their backpacks.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will provide air purifiers for schools in need.
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Stellantis' Mack Avenue automobile plant continues to receive citations from EGLE due to foul odor emissions. Listen to today's pod to hear how the pollution is affecting neighboring residents.
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In May, the EPA found that a seven-county region in southeast Michigan had officially come into attainment with federal ozone standards. But they were only able to do that after discounting some data from Detroit in August 2022. The Sierra Club is disputing both findings.
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Several hundred wildfires are continuing to burn across Canada this weekend, with an ongoing impact on impact air quality for vast swaths of the North American continent.
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On yet another bad air day, we are joined by the Michigan state climatologist to learn about the weather patterns bringing and keeping the wildfire smoke in Michigan.
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Environmental justice advocates say communities already suffering the burden of poor air quality need air quality sensors to determine how safe their air really is to breathe. Public comment on the state's proposed monitoring network ends today.