Air Quality

Connecticut lawmakers are advocating for legislation that would help to improve air quality in public schools.

The City of New Haven has installed air quality monitors at sites near major transportation hubs across the city.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week new air quality limits on tiny particle pollution, also known as soot. According to the American Lung Association, the New York City metro area will see benefits blowing in from out-of-state.

An advocacy group opposed to a local airport expansion worked with researchers to conduct air quality testing.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the goal of federal, state and local policies to curb the primary contributor to climate change. Stony Brook University scientists will fly over New York City to look at the big picture to see if these goals are being met.

U.S. federal legislators are racing to create short and long-term plans to deal with poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires. It’s shaping up to be a problem in the Northeast this summer.

WSHU's Sabrina Garone spoke with Jase Bernhardt, a Hofstra University meteorologist and professor, about the declining air quality in the Northeast due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires. He said our region saw the worst of it Wednesday afternoon, but it’s hard to predict when skies will look normal again.

Wildfires in Nova Scotia have produced a large smoke plume that is moving along the Northeast. Officials say it could impact air quality for Connecticut residents.

WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with Dr. Norman Edelman, a Stony Brook University pulmonologist, about how phasing out gas hookups in new buildings will reduce New York’s contribution to climate change — and protect public health.

Summer is approaching, which means poor air quality days are too. Connecticut legislators and advocates are pushing for laws to regulate air quality and support the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as they regulate polluters.