South Koreans more worried about air pollution than Kim’s nukes | World news | The Guardian
South Koreans more worried about air pollution than Kim’s nukes | World news | The Guardian
South Koreans are more rational than Americans? Shocking.
Air Pollution
National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary
"The New York Sate Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality health advisory for the following counties...
Dutchess...Ulster...Columbia...Greene...Schoharie...Albany...Rensselaer...Saratoga...Schenectady...Washington...Fulton...Montgomery...Warren...Hamilton...Northern Herkimer...Southern Herkimer.
Air quality levels in outdoor air are predicted to be greater than an air quality index value of 100 for ozone.
The air quality index...or AQI...was created as an easy way to correlate levels of different pollutants to one scale. The higher the AQI value, the greater the health concern.
When pollution levels are elevated...the New York State Department of Health recommends that individuals consider limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity to reduce the risk of adverse health effects. People who may be especially sensitive to the effects of elevated levels of pollutants include the very young and those with pre existing respiratory problems such as asthma or heart disease. Those with symptoms should consider consulting their personal physician."
May 2, 2018 3:01 pm Update
Today, Albany has some of the worst air quality in many years with the air quality index at 77 at Loudonville Reservoir (and may get worse as the day progresses and tailpipe emissions are converted to smog under the heat of the sun). Which is bad, but it’s much better then was common on hot days back in the 1980s.
Currently 88 degrees at Albany Airport, which ties the May 2, 2001 record. It may break 90 before 5 PM. This will be first record high day since September 27, 2017 when it was 89 degrees — and today is the warmest day since then.
Why 300,000 Volkswagens Are Being Stored In These Massive Auto Boneyards
Basic Ozone Layer Science
Trump’s EPA Seeks Deadly Air Pollution Loophole for Dirty Trucks
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to roll back emission safeguards against sales of dirty trucks, leaving the public to cough and wheeze on more air pollution. NRDC is opposing the rollback at a public hearing on Dec. 4 in Washington, DC."
"The EPA proposal would lift restrictions on the number of new trucks that can be sold using old, refurbished engines (so-called "glider vehicles") that don't meet modern emissions standards. The proposal creates a dirty truck loophole that permits niche industry players to circumvent necessary clean air safeguards and sell an unlimited number of new, dirty trucks on the cheap."
"Approximately 10,000 heavy trucks have been sold annually in recent years that lack modern combustion and emissions control technologies to reduce dangerous nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) from diesel exhaust. These pollutants contribute to ground-level ozone, or smog, and soot, and are directly linked to asthma attacks, respiratory and heart problems, and premature death."