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At the height of the tourism season in North Carolina, the state Division of Air Quality published this image online to celebrate improvements in North Carolina’s air quality. A deciview is a unit used to measure differences in visibility. Photo credit: NC Department of Environmental Quality / National Park Service

Cleaner Air, For Now?

by Catherine Clabby August 1, 2016November 17, 2022

Sarah Uzzell with her new car.

Consumer News, Environmental Health, Featured

N.C. State Researcher Stumbled on VW’s Scam

by Gabe Rivin October 21, 2015April 7, 2017

Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA

Environmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Panel Cites NC Health Benefits of Federal Carbon Plan

by Gabe Rivin September 21, 2014April 7, 2017

Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA

Chronic Disease, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

North Carolina Comes Up to Federal Standards for Fine Particle Air Pollution

by Gabe Rivin September 10, 2014April 7, 2017