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Tag: Clean Smokestacks Act

Posted inEnvironmental Health

State makes huge gains in reducing ozone gasses

by Greg Barnes March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

By Greg Barnes Decades ago, state regulators began using color-coded bars to warn people about high levels of ozone trapped in the Earth’s lower atmosphere. The warning colors ranged from green for good, yellow for moderate, orange for unhealthy for sensitive groups, red for unhealthy for almost everyone and purple for very unhealthy. In the […]

North Carolina is home to roughly 8.6 million farmed pigs, on hog farm such as this. Many of the pigs are kept in confined shelters, producing malodorous waste that can harm nearby residents. Photo courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Profiles, Public Health, Research News

Data-Driven Environmental Detective

by Catherine Clabby December 9, 2016January 9, 2017
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
Posted inChronic Disease, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health, State Health Policy

What The Election Could Mean for NC: Environmental Health

by Catherine Clabby November 14, 2016November 15, 2016
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
Posted inFeatured

Cleaner Air, For Now?

by Catherine Clabby August 1, 2016November 17, 2022
smog coming out of a tailpipe
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North Carolina Likely to Meet New Ozone Rule

by Gabe Rivin November 3, 2015November 17, 2022

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