Oswego East students winners of Lemelson MIT InvenTeam Competition – Shaw Local
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A group of students from Oswego East High School are the winners of the Lemelson MIT InvenTeam Competition for group projects. Jensen Coonradt, Oswego Lemelson MIT InvenTeam Captain; Aarin Bothra; Ahmed Faisal; Denise Gutierrez; Marc Townsend; Oliva Schwarb; and Scott Johnson, teacher mentor/sponsor, worked on developing a device to improve poor school air quality using […]
Bengaluru gets ₹450 crore to improve city’s ‘poor’ AQI | Bengaluru
Bengaluru’s civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is geared up to control the high AQI levels in the city, having allocated ₹450 crore for putting fresh measures in place to mitigate the same. The BBMP allocated ₹450 crore to improve air quality in Bengaluru. (Hindustan Times/Image for representation)(HT_PRINT) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Jayaram […]
Northboro Planning Board weighs conditions for Gutierrez project
A rendering of the project in plans filed on Feb. 16 by the Gutierrez Company. (Photo/Town of Northborough) NORTHBOROUGH – The Planning Board may soon make a decision regarding a proposed 150,900-square-foot distribution center and industrial off Bartlett Street. During the Planning Board meeting Feb. 21, members discussed potential conditions as well as changes to […]
The hazards of gas stoves were flagged by the industry — and hidden — 50 years ago
Newly uncovered documents reveal that the gas industry understood that its stoves were polluting the air inside homes 50 years ago — and then moved to conceal that information. It stands in stark contrast to the industry’s denial of the health dangers posed by gas stoves today. In a draft report on natural gas and […]
Air purifier health benefits: A closer look
WASHINGTON — We don’t typically even think about breathing, but some recent headlines about gas stove emissions, worries over toxic chemicals in the air, or even just this early onset allergy season might have you thinking a little more about the quality of the air you breathe. You wouldn’t be alone: a viewer asked us about […]
EPA Takes Action to Improve Cybersecurity Resilience for Public Water Systems
March 3, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a memorandum stressing the need for states to assess cybersecurity risk at drinking water systems to protect our public drinking water. While some public water systems (PWSs) have taken important steps to improve their cybersecurity, a recent survey and reports of […]
Ozone Season and Clean Air Action Days
Ozone season begins March 1 and runs through the end of September. Air Quality Division meteorologists keep their eyes on the skies year-round and continued to evaluate air quality forecasts. These evaluations may cause them to call for Clean Air Action Days when necessary. These are days when weather conditions may cause air to be […]
EPA Orders Occidental Chemical Corp. to Design Cleanup Plan for the Upper Nine Miles of the Lower Passaic River at the Diamond Alkali Superfund Site in New Jersey
March 2, 2023 NEW YORK (March 2, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an administrative order requiring Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem) to design the interim cleanup plan that EPA selected in September 2021 for the upper nine miles of the Lower Passaic River Study Area of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site […]
The Chief of Oregon’s Most Influential Environmental Organization is Stepping Down
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Doug Moore, the executive director of the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, announced March 1 he will step down at the end of the month. After taking charge of OLCV in December 2011, Moore aggressively raised the group’s profile in Salem. In the 2012 cycle, for instance, OLCV’s political action committee spent just $147,000. By […]
Tijuana sewage isn’t only in Imperial Beach waves. It’s in the air. And San Diegans are breathing it | World News
SAN DIEGO — Sewage pollution spilling over the border from Tijuana into the San Diego region not only threatens the health of surfers and swimmers but potentially those simply breathing the air. That’s according to a study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography published Thursday in the journal Environmental Sciences & Technology, which […]