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W.Va. Fares Well In Air Quality Study By Lung Association
The American Lung Association has released its 27th State of the Air report on air pollution Wednesday and awarded grades for metro areas across the country.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSupreme Court Hands EPA Rule's Opponents A Temporary Victory
In a 5-4 decision Thursday, the court paused what’s known as the Good Neighbor Rule, an effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to limit nitrogen oxide, which forms smog and can drift into neighboring states.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCharleston Leaders, Public Health Advocates Raise Impacts Of Clean Car Rule Rollback On W.Va.
Leaders in West Virginia’s capital city are drawing attention to the local health and economic effects of the Trump administration’s rollback of federal…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAir Pollution Improves Across West Virginia, Smog Worsens
Air quality across West Virginia is improving, with levels of fine particle air pollution some of the best ever measured, but smog levels have increased,…
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Manchin Responds to Proposed Tightened Air Pollution Standards
The federal Environmental Protection Agency’s public comment period on proposed stricter ozone standards closes this week. Many health and medical…
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