Episode 56TP May 1, 2024. American Lung Association State of the Air podcast, Love My Air in Colorado.

In Episode 56TP, 1)American Lung Association. Lungcast on Spotify. Listen here. Air Quality Issues Due to Particle Pollution with John Balmes, MD – HCPLive. RAWSEP View: The synopsis of this podcast does not mention the contribution to PM2.5 from indoor residential wood burning. RAWSEP interjects that the professor does not mention the PM2.5 pollution emitted from wood burning power plants that have been deployed to replace coal burning power plants in recent years. Wood burning emissions are not counted when calculating if a nation like the United States is meeting its climate goals. Using Wood burning power plants instead of coal burning power plants actually creates more PM2.5 and CO2 pollution, which isn’t counted, so using wood burning power plants in reality brings us closer to climate change, not farther away, Wood burning emits 2.8 times the PM2.5 and CO2 as the fossil fuel coal burning emits. Wood burning also emits 450 times the PM2.5 as the fossil fuel natural gas burning emits. 2)Colorado. Wheat Ridge. RAWSEP View: 10 Love my Air, PM2.5 monitors to be deployed. If the PM2.5 monitors are not located hyperlocally in the yards of near neighbors of indoor residential wood burners, the PM2.5 pollution that sickens the near neighbors of indoor residential wood burners will not be detected. 3)Alabama, Birmingham. Annual ban on open burning in a dozen counties goes into effect May 1, 4)California, Half Moon Bay. RAWSEP View: You can dispose of fallen tree debris without burning it, for instance compost it into usable soil. Soil is not flammable. 5)Florida, Tallahassee. Florida State University. Dog killed in fire. FSU student who lost dog in fire, other survivors get support from community, university. 6)New Mexico, Albuquerque. University of New Mexico (UNM), Lomas Chiller Plant, 1925 Las Lomas Rd. 7)Idaho, Bonner County. Try to avoid the dangers of breathing smoke from fires. 8)Minnesota, Winthroop. Heartland fined $11,200 for air permit violations. A filtering bag-house also failed a stack test for emitting very small particulate matter (PM 2.5). 9)Nevada, Lake Tahoe. Small scale prescribed fire operations continue. 10)New York, New York City. Goodbye, Gas. The Future of New York City's Pizza Is Electric. The New York Times. And just in time for a new city ordinance regulating pollution emitted by wood- and coal-fired ovens. 11)Rhode Island, Providence. Brown University. A Looming Health Crisis Shadows the South's Wood Pellet Boom. 12)Canada. Canada Needs to Get Tough on Wood Pellet Exports | The Tyee Where to count emissions? Drax Power began burning wood instead of coal in 2012 and fully phased out fossil fuels last year. The power plant remains. 13)New Zealand, Taupo District. RAWSEP View: ;Do not burn wood at all in New Zealand.Taupō District Council's Top Tips For Burning Smoke-free This Winter. 14)United Kingdom. The UK cities most impacted by toxic air particles mapped iNews. United Kingdom, Watford. Cause of fire investigated after dark smoke rose above Watford. United Kingdom, Yorkshire. Consultation launches on the use of domestic wood burners - East Riding of Yorkshire Council wood burning stoves, or other solid fuel heating, in local households. The project aims to better understand the burning of solid fuels in East Riding of Yorkshire. 16)China. Government fiscal decentralization and haze and carbon reduction. 17)Indonesia, Jakarta. Jakarta's Air Quality Is Getting Worse Until August. 18)Laos. Smoke-filled skies become growing concern in Laos. 19)Malaysia, Sarawak. Fire Engulfs Tyre And Wood Piles At Lumber Mill. 20)Nepal, Kathmandu. Kathmandu tops chart of world's most polluted cities. 21)Taiwan. Environment Ministry Planning to Revise Rules for Air Quality Control Zones. 22)Thailand, Chiang Mai and Bangkok. Chiang Mai, Bangkok rank in world's top 10 for worst air quality. 1)American Lung