fine particulate pollution

The Fairbanks/North Pole area’s first air-quality alert of the season is in effect. That means state monitors predict the air near the city will be polluted enough to pose a health risk, and residents should not use their woodstoves.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has submitted a new fine particulate pollution control plan for the Fairbanks-North Pole area, to the…

The state has released a new plan to reduce Fairbanks wintertime fine particulate pollution. The updated plan is federally required because, areas of…

University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists are making use of an instrumentation tower that was set for removal. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, the tower is…

A Fairbanks North Star Borough air quality stakeholders group is mulling over fifty proposals to reduce wintertime fine particulate pollution from wood,…

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Air Pollution Control Commission decided Tuesday it can’t support an ordinance proposed by Assemblyman Lance Roberts that…

Technology that removes fine particulates from wood and coal stove smoke is being readied for testing in North Pole. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, its part…

Fairbanks North Star Borough residents are going to have to find ways to burn less and cleaner to bring the community into compliance with federal air…

Fairbanks and North Pole have suffered numerous Clean Air Act violations again this winter due to fine particulates from wood, coal and other burning.…

The Fairbanks North Star borough has begun new weekly information service that tracks the cost of various heating fuels. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, the…