Residents Say Van Nuys Airport Is Making Them Sick Despite residents’ health complaints and community pushback, the airport’s operations continue to expand, intensifying concerns about its health effects. Capital & Main · Mar 31, 2025
Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2023
Here's why you better get used to a smoky stubborn summer in much of America Forecasters say the only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023
Drought, heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communities LOS ANGELES — Within just a few years, California endured its driest three-year period on record and its hottest September in history — a brutal summer month that nearly broke the state's overtaxed electric grid. Los Angeles Times · Apr 5, 2023
Ports reveal unprecedented surge in harmful emissions; officials blame COVID-19 logjam LOS ANGELES — When Janet Schaaf-Gunter peered through the window at San Pedro Bay last year, she saw so many cargo ships it looked as if Southern California was on the brink of an invasion. Los Angeles Times · Oct 18, 2022