/tags/air-quality Air Quality en-US Copyright Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:31:52 GMT /environment/2024-07-17/north-carolina-goldsboro-spiderwebs-pollution-biomonitoring A team of residents and scientists in eastern North Carolina is using an unlikely tool to look for clues about air pollution. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:31:52 GMT /environment/2024-07-17/north-carolina-goldsboro-spiderwebs-pollution-biomonitoring Lily Burton /environment/2024-03-19/air-pollution-quality-epa-unc-study-fine-particulate-matter-soot-carbon-localized While new national clean air protections are in place, a UNC-Chapel Hill study looked at how the chemical composition of air pollution has changed across time and space. Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:59:47 GMT /environment/2024-03-19/air-pollution-quality-epa-unc-study-fine-particulate-matter-soot-carbon-localized Sophie Mallinson /environment/2023-09-07/wake-county-study-shows-its-losing-valuable-tree-canopy-and-where-to-plant-more The study explored the billion-dollar benefits of the county’s trees. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:32:07 GMT /environment/2023-09-07/wake-county-study-shows-its-losing-valuable-tree-canopy-and-where-to-plant-more Sophie Mallinson /environment/2023-07-17/floods-wash-away-children-scorching-heat-envelops-the-west-as-wildfire-smoke-overtakes-northern-us The EPA advises keeping outdoor activities light and short when air quality indexes reach above 150 on the agency’s map. On Monday afternoon, Greensboro, N.C. was included on that map. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:59:24 GMT /environment/2023-07-17/floods-wash-away-children-scorching-heat-envelops-the-west-as-wildfire-smoke-overtakes-northern-us Associated Press /environment/2022-01-21/almost-everyone-loves-electric-vehicles-why-more-north-carolina-evs-cooper Gov. Roy Cooper wants to have 1.25 million electric vehicles in North Carolina by 2030. What obstacles stand in the way of this goal? Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:02:12 GMT /environment/2022-01-21/almost-everyone-loves-electric-vehicles-why-more-north-carolina-evs-cooper Celeste Gracia /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement The Environmental Protection Agency relaxed environmental standards during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency says it is suspending civil penalties… Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:54:24 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement The Environmental Protection Agency relaxed environmental standards during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency says it is suspending civil penalties… Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:54:24 GMT /environment/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2016-11-15/western-nc-under-states-highest-air-quality-warning The state Department of Environmental Quality has again issued warnings of dangerous air quality in western North Carolina as a result of more than a… Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:48:42 GMT /environment/2016-11-15/western-nc-under-states-highest-air-quality-warning Will Michaels /news/2016-07-25/oppressive-heat-hitting-nc-will-stick-around-for-about-a-week North Carolina is in the midst of an extreme, extended heat wave. Heat index values are expected to be as high as 105 degrees in some parts of the… Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:31:02 GMT /news/2016-07-25/oppressive-heat-hitting-nc-will-stick-around-for-about-a-week Will Michaels /environment/2015-04-06/denr-recommends-ending-emissions-testing-in-some-nc-counties The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is recommending that vehicle emission testing is no longer necessary in many North Carolina counties.… Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:07:00 GMT /environment/2015-04-06/denr-recommends-ending-emissions-testing-in-some-nc-counties Dave DeWitt