Air Pollution

Now that leaf blowers are being stored for the season, snow blowers are getting cranked up. Though windows will be closed and most of us will be sheltering inside, the pollution caused by gas powered landscaping equipment of all kinds – including snow blowers – was the subject of debate last week.

IQ loss in children is another consequence of breathing fine particles in the air

A new report from the American Lung Association finds that air quality has worsened in the Albany metro area.

The American Lung Association has released its latest State of the Air report.The 2021 report, the ALA’s 22nd, covers data from the years 2017-19. It…

A vote by the Albany County Legislature on a local clean air law is expected tonight.The legislation would stop new waste facilities from establishing in…

There's a new air quality threat facing residents of Albany County. Activists say the Norlite incinerator on Saratoga Street in Cohoes has been burning…

According to the American Lung Association, more than 140 million people are breathing unhealthy air — 7 million more than last year.The latest report,…

Local officials are bringing their concerns about a proposed natural gas power plant in downtown Albany to power the Empire State Plaza to the governor. A…

Community leaders rallied outside the Governor’s Mansion on New Year’s Day to demand that Andrew Cuomo fulfill his commitment to Albany families to…

More than 1.3 million Massachusetts residents remain at risk from health effects caused by unhealthy air. That’s according to the American Lung…