Air Quality

Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


Jared Braiterman

The Copenhagen UN Climate Change Conference addresses unparalleled environmental crisis and the need to transform our relationship with nature. Many p...

Colorado Air Quality Program The Biggest Loser In Federal Fund Withdrawal

CO. Independent | CO Independent | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver


Programs designed to improve Colorado's air quality are taking the biggest hit from a significant federal take-back of transportation fu...

Taking a Haircut for Our Grandchildren

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green


Jennifer Schwab

Rich or poor, from the most advanced to the most primal, all citizens of the world and their governments must make lifestyle changes to clean up the planet.

Blowin' Smoke

Lise Waring | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver


Lise Waring

A greasy gray cloud no longer blankets town in winter, and Telluride's air quality is far better than it was 20 years ago. The bad news is that there's no substitute for the heat of a wood stove.

Chamber Of Commerce And Car Dealers Fight California Emissions Rules

nytimes.com | Jim Motavalli | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green


The United States Chamber of Commerce is joining with the National Automobile Dealers Association to try to derail California's ability to regulate gr...

Houseplants Make Air Healthier

LiveScience | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Houseplants can neutralize harmful ozone, making indoor air cleaner, according to a new study. ...

EPA Says Air Pollution In 600 Neighborhoods Poses Cancer Risk

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living


WASHINGTON — Millions of people living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that ...

Propane and the Pickens Plan

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green


T. Boone Pickens

There is another domestic fuel that is part of the alternative fuel mix, but has not been as widely discussed -- and that is propane. It's an important part of the Pickens Plan.

Keeping Plants Indoors May Improve Your Productivity (VIDEO)

planetgreen.discovery.com, TED | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green


Brian Merchant over at Planet Green writes that keeping plants indoors not only cleans the air, but may have an added benefit: But there's more--ac...

Most Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green


LOS ANGELES — Sixty percent of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air pollution levels, despite a growing green movement and more stringent ...

Time to Watch Those CARBs -- and Oils

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Andrew Gumbel

The California Air Resources Board has a less than glorious record on furthering the cause of alternative fuels -- hardly reassuring as it takes up a crucial issue in the fight to curb global warming.

A Toxic Lesson

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Javier Sierra

In more than half of the investigated schools, students were in danger of contracting cancer and respiratory diseases because of the presence of toxic compounds.

How to Identify Indoor Air Quality Problems

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green


People complain when smog lies thick over a city. They complain when a factory or plant pumps curling, black smoke into our air. It is ironic then tha...

NASA's Guide To The Best Plants For Cleaner Air Indoors

Treehugger | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green


Plants to Filter the Air in Your House Having good indoor air quality is very important, especially since many of us spend so much time inside. NASA d...

Obama: The Environmental President?

Bill Chameides | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

Will Obama be able to advance an environmental agenda? If so, he will have distinguished himself from Democratic administrations that promised a lot but delivered little on the environment.

Air Quality In 25 US States Is Endangering Children, Elderly

AP | TODD DVORAK | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green


BOISE, Idaho — Most states west of the Rocky Mountains contain areas that fail to meet new pollution standards for microscopic particles that ca...

China Criticism Must Continue

Graham Bensinger | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


Graham Bensinger

There were columnists during the Olympic Games suggesting that China's image is changing. It's incredibly ignorant to even imply that.

Congestion Pricing by the Numbers

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

Charging drivers a premium to enter a city center during peak hours has improved air quality and reduced traffic gridlock in urban pockets around the ...

Back in the PRC

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green


Bill Chameides

Telling a nation with many impoverished citizens to slow its economic growth because it's not good for the planet is a tough, so I demonstrated that China's air pollution could harm the Chinese themselves.

An Insight into IOC Thinking: Its 2007 Beijing Briefing on Major Communications Issues

Monroe Price | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media


Monroe Price

One of the most interesting documents to appear during July's IOC/blogosphere brouhaha was an internal IOC document dated August 3, 2007 called Beijing Briefing Kit: One-Year-to-Go Countdown Resource.