Through the Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project, community members and organizations are collecting data about local air quality.
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Residents Across Five States Benefit From Local Air Quality Monitoring
TAGS: Air Pollution coal dust NAAQS particulate matter PM 2.5 Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project USACAMP
Appalachian Voices partners with Black By God to examine air quality in West Virginia’s African American communities
Appalachian Voices is launching a new partnership with Black By God, a Black-led news and storytelling organization, with a publication of the same name, in West Virginia. Black By God is dedicated to providing a more nuanced portrayal of African Americans in the Mountain State and the Appalachian region than is often found in other media sources.
TAGS: air monitoring air quality Black By God Crystal Good Environmental Justice fine particulate matter Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project
Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project begins data collection
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.
TAGS: coal dust fine particulate matter national ambient air quality standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project
