April 26th,2019
April 23rd, 2019 by Carmen George for The
The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (air district), and the local Air Board that controls it, has a problem. The No. 1 air quality issue in the San Joaquin Valley is the level of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) experienced by residents each winter.
CVAQ Radio Program: Clearing the Air July 2015 KFCF-Fresno 88.1 FM (Merced-Delano)Clearing the Air is hosted by CVAQ Director, Dolores Barajas-Weller and airs every fourth Friday at 3pm. Archives are also available on CVAQ's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/sjvcleanair. Download MP3
AVENAL — A proposed 600-megawatt natural gas power plant near Avenal in limbo for more than half a decade appears to have imploded.
Every one of the 48 national parks with the greatest Clean Air Act protections are plagued by significant air pollution.
CVAQ Radio Program: Pesticides, Air, Health, Policies KFCF-Fresno 88.1 FM (Merced-Delano)Clearing the Air is hosted by CVAQ Director, Dolores Barajas-Weller and airs every fourth Friday at 3pm. Archives are also available on CVAQ's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/sjvcleanair. Download MP3
Several factors are known to consistently hold our county down in the major health rankings conducted annually. Locally, these include our poverty level, unemployment rate, and low medical provider-to- population ratios with contributing impact from the national obesity and diabetes epidemics. But unique to this valley is the COMBINATION of these factors compounded by the poor quality of the air we breathe.