With funding from the EPA, Appalachian Voices purchased dozens of PurpleAir PM sensors, and distributed these to individuals and grassroots organizations in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
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Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project begins data collection
TAGS: coal dust fine particulate matter national ambient air quality standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project
EPA strengthens air pollution rules for particulate matter
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency strengthened air pollution rules for particulate matter pollution, as it released its final National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
TAGS: coal dust EarthJustice Environmental Justice fine particulate matter national ambient air quality standards
Environmental justice council recommends strict soot and ozone standards
Today, the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council voted unanimously to submit a letter to the Biden administration highlighting the disproportionate impact of fine particulate matter and ozone pollution on low-income communities and communities of color.
TAGS: Environmental Justice fine particulate matter national ambient air quality standards ozone pollution White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
