News & Notices

Friday, November 1, 2019: Yesterday, rising levels of smoke pollution prompted Spokane Clean Air to issue temporary restrictions on all outdoor burning and some indoor wood heating. This morning, the National Weather Service issued an AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY due to a ridge of high pressure over the area that results in poor mixing of the atmosphere.…

Due to PG&E power cuts in California to prevent wildfires, the national AirNow air quality reporting system, housed in California, is temporarily down. Fortunately, Spokane’s air quality data is available on the state air quality monitoring site here. Although we operates the local air pollution monitoring stations, the air quality data takes a path that…

During the month of August, a light in Kolva-Sullivan Gallery shone green, yellow, orange or red to indicate the hourly air quality in Spokane County. As each day concluded, a colored dot was added to a windowpane to depict the day’s overall air quality. Soon, 31 dots represented August’s air. “Air Has No Borders” was…

Study Links Air Pollution to Emphysema (August 13, 2019) – A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has linked ambient air pollution with emphysema, a disease that had previously been mostly associated with smoking. The study, led by the University of Washington, Columbia University, and the University at Buffalo, examined…