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2008 Air Quality in the News
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Air Quality Management Division News

General Air Quality News

12-15-08 Western Star	^{Company says it was wrongly accused of polluting}
9-18-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Storm stirs up mold, pollen}
9-9-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Hotter weather, worse allergies?}
9-2-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Smog alert extended (article no longer available)}
8-29-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Algae! Smog! Oh, my!}
8-22-08 Middletown Journal	^{Small crowd brings big questions to EPA}
8-21-08 Middletown Journal	^{Public hearing tonight on coke plant permit}
7-16-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Smog alert extended a day}
7-16-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Smog alert in effect for today}
7-15-08 FOX19	^{Smog alert declared}
7-11-08 FOX19	^{Smog alert declared for Friday}
7-11-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Smog, then rain this weekend}
7-10-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Smog alert declared for Friday}
4-9-08 Main Street Monroe	^{Allergy season begins}
3-13-08 WCPO	^{EPA tightens standards for air quality}
3-13-08 Kentucky Post	^{EPA tightens standards for air quality}
2-6-08 WCPO	^{Is your fireplace making your neighbors sick?}
2-4-08 News Record	^{Global warming gets "focus" at UC teach-in event}
1-23-08 US EPA	^{EPA awards $1118,00 grant to Hamilton County, Ohio for clean school bus project}
1-13-08 City Beat	^{Something in the air}

12-24-08 Western Star	^{Discuss the future of Ohio energy sources}
12-22-08 USA Today	^{Young students often most vulnerable to toxic air}
12-18-08 Mansfield News Journal	^{Global warming will hit Ohio hard, groups warn}
12-18-08 Akron Beacon Journal	^{Study lists global-warming risks to Ohio}
12-10-08 Middletown Journal	^{Residents urged to read air quality report with caution}
12-10-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Ohio to test air outside schools}
12-9-08 USA Today	^{Air tests reveal elevated levels of toxics around schools}
12-8-08 USA Today	^{Health risks stack up for students near industrial plants}
12-8-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Students risk breathing toxic air}
12-8-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Four other local schools also high on worst-air list}
12-4-08 Reuters	^{U.S. polluters to pay record $11.8 billion in 2008: EPA}
12-3-08 MSNBC	^{Greenhouse gas emissions increase in U.S.}
11-24-08 City Beat	^{Should poorer Cincinnatians be protected from pollution?}
11-19-08 MSNBC	^{EPA plan would ease rules for National Parks}
11-14-08 Associated Press	^{UN: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health}
11-11-08 MSNBC	^{Study: Smog may help spawn twisters}
10-16-08 US Today	^{EPA tightens limit on airborne lead}
10-10-08 Community Press	^{Terrace Park considers opposing mine}
10-10-08 US EPA	^{EPA issues compliance order to University of Cincinnati}
10-2-08 MSNBC	^{Houston joins L.A. in severe-smog club}
10-2-08 Akron Beacon Journal	^{Ozone levels fall as gas costs rise}
10-1-08 MSNBC	^{Smog more dangerous to come, study finds}
8-24-08 Financial Times	^{A city clamours for blue sky ideas}
8-20-08 Cincinnati Enquirer	^{Counties flunk pollution standard}
8-18-08 University of Cincinnati	^{Many U.S. public schools in "Air Pollution Danger Zone"}
8-13-08 Reuters	^{Smog-related deaths set to soar in Canada: report}
8-12-08 Toledo Blade	^{$860,000 hybrid vehicle one of Cleveland's public transit's revivals}
8-11-08 MSNBC	^{Rain has positive impact on Beijing's pollution}
8-11-08 Industry Week	^{Ford to pay fine for air pollution at Cleveland plant}
8-7-08 San Francisco Chronicle	^{California school buses will get cleaner}
8-3-08 Associated Press	^{Pollution curbs turn Beijing into urban laboratory}
7-31-08 MSNBC	^{5 states vow to sue EPA over warming}
7-20-08 Columbus Dispatch	^{Ohio drivers cut miles, pollution}
7-15-08 MSNBC	^{EPA unveils carbon dioxide storage rule}
7-14-08 Columbus Dispatch	^{EPA takes aim at pollution caused by recreational boats}
7-14-08 BBC News	^{Can air quality damage athletes?}
7-11-08 MSNBC	^{EPA won't act on emissions this year}
7-9-08 LiveScience	^{Ships emit more soot than thought}
7-8-08 BBC News	^{Snared in a homemade "NitroNet"}
7-1-08 USA Today	^{Most state workers in Utah shifting to 4-day week}
5-1-08 BBC News	^{Tree-lined streets "cut asthma"}
4-30-08 Dayton Daily News	^{EPA: Power plant violated Clean Air Act}
4-27-08 New York Times	^{Bicycle-sharing program to be first of kind in U.S.}
4-26-08 MSNBC	^{Simple tips to "green" your commute}
4-22-08 USA Today	^{Strict EPA rules tag unlikely areas}
4-22-08 MSNBC	^{Major report links smog to deaths}
4-17-08 Washington Post	^{Bush seeks voluntary curb on greenhouse gas emissions}
4-14-08 MSNBC	^{Pollution alters spring aroma}
4-14-08 BBC News	^{Pneumonia "linked" to pollution}
4-3-08 New York Times	^{Group seeks EPA rules on emissions from vehicles}
3-16-08 USA Today	^{Seasonal allergies could spark depression, fatigue}
3-13-08 Lebanon Western Star	^{County's air not up to EPA standards}
3-13-08 New York Times	^{Environmental Agency tightens smog standards}
3-13-08 Washington Post	^{EPA tightens pollution standards}
3-10-08 MSNBC	^{Stuck in traffic? Smells like stress}
3-8-08 Columbus Dispatch	^{Grove City plant fined for pollution}
3-5-08 Associated Press	^{Industry fights tighter smog rules}
2-28-08 MSNBC	^{Pollutants found in remote parks}
2-15-08 MSNBC	^{Breathing dirt air may lower kids' IQ}
2-9-08 Columbus Dispatch	^{Unsafe pollutants detected in the air of Ohio River city}
2-8-08 MSNBC	^{Court KOs administration's emission policy}
2-4-08 Wired Times	^{Air quality harmful at Top 10 U.S. port cities}
1-17-08 Environmental News Network	^{Hybrid school buses hit the road}

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