Air Pollution

Pollutant's cooling effect on climate may be overstated, study shows

2013-05-14 15:01:00

Don’t count on sulfur dioxide to bridle climate change. The ability of that pollutant to reflect the sun is not quite what it was assumed to be, according to new research. Sulfur dioxide -- a common pollutant from burning fossil fuels, contributes...

L.A. council approves controversial rail yard for port complex

2013-05-08 18:48:00

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a controversial rail yard serving the harbor, setting the stage for possible court challenges alleging violations of environmental and civil rights laws. The proposal to build a center for trains...

Don't dilute CEQA, improve it

2013-05-09 00:00:00

I remember life before the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA. I grew up in Altadena and Pasadena during the late 1930s and '40s. All too often I awoke to thick smog and air quality warnings. I watched as segments of the San Gabriel Valley...

Newton: What about the Port of Los Angeles?

2013-04-29 00:00:00

It's fun for mayoral candidates to imagine eliminating potholes or building new trains to link the Valley to the Westside. It's not hard to support a spiffed-up LAX (really, what's hard to believe is that it's taken this long) or legions of new police...

Tesla drives California environmental credits to the bank

2013-05-05 17:57:00

When Tesla Motors reports its first-ever profit Wednesday, much of the money will come courtesy of the state of California. In its zeal to push electric cars into the market, the state has created a system in which Tesla can make as much as $35,000...

Hundreds evacuated as Banning fire burns thousands of acres

2013-05-01 22:24:00

A fast-moving brush fire powered by Santa Ana winds raged out of control Wednesday in Riverside County, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes and creating a thick pall of smoke that stretched for miles and affected air quality in the region....

Federal judge dismisses DWP lawsuit over Owens Lake dust

2013-05-02 20:49:00

A federal court judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power against a state agency it claimed was illegally forcing the city to waste billions of gallons of precious High Sierra water to control dust on dry...

Smog City Brewing opens its own 20-tap tasting room and brewery

2013-04-30 18:25:00

Smog City Brewing Co. finally has its own home. Started by John Porter -- just call him Porter -- and his wife, Laurie, while Porter worked at Tustin Brewing Co., a brewpub in Orange County, Smog City has moved to a new facility just steps from the hot...

Bay Area air pollution reaches Devils Postpile National Monument

2013-04-24 15:17:00

That fresh, pine-scented mountain air that you happily breathe in the Sierra Nevada could be hazardous to your health. Samples taken by federal scientists in Devils Postpile National Monument, southeast of Yosemite National Park, show that ozone...

California suspends operations at Vernon battery recycler

2013-04-24 18:20:00

State regulators took the highly unusual step Wednesday of suspending operations at a Vernon battery recycler that has discharged harmful quantities of lead for years and more recently has been deemed to pose a danger to as many as 110,000 people...

Orange County supervisors oppose proposed ban on beach bonfires

2013-04-23 17:34:00

The Orange County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally opposed a call by air-quality regulators to snuff out beach bonfires in much of Southern California. Supervisors urged the South Coast Air Quality Management District to drop a proposed ban on...

Coastal commissioner resigns after Vietnam 'carpet bombing' remark

2013-04-18 12:29:00

A state coastal commissioner who vocally supported banning beach bonfires along a stretch of Orange County coastline has resigned under growing pressure from two state legislators. William Burke was serving as both a member of the state Coastal...

JR Smog N' Tune Owner Armando Real performs a smog check on a truck Monday. Real said his business has seen a 400 percent increase in business since Mexico changed its smog check requirements of imported cars late last month.

2011-12-13 00:16:36

Lawmakers of the opposition LMP party protest wearing gas masks outside the parliament against high levels of air pollution in the capital Budapest . The city council issued a smog alert and blocked high-emission cars off central Budapest due to high levels of dust in the air after a lack of wind

2011-11-17 00:00:00

Ozone and other photochemical pollutants prove problematic due to longer days and more sunshine. Find out the factors that can lead to poor air quality during the summer months and how people can limit their exposure to pollution.

2011-06-03 11:40:54