Blog - Central Valley Air Quality Coalition

CVAQ RADIO PROGRAM: AIR QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION

by CVAQ / Radio Program / No Comments / 26.07.2015

CVAQ Radio Program: Clearing the Air July 2015 KFCF-Fresno 88.1 FM (Merced-Delano)Clearing the Air is hosted by CVAQ Director, Dolores Barajas-Weller and airs every fourth Friday at 3pm. Archives are also available on CVAQ's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/sjvcleanair. Download MP3

AVENAL POWER PLANT IDEA APPEARS DEAD

by CVAQ / News / No Comments / 01.07.2015

AVENAL — A proposed 600-megawatt natural gas power plant near Avenal in limbo for more than half a decade appears to have imploded.

POLLUTED PARKS. HOW DIRTY AIR IS HARMING AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS.

by CVAQ / News / No Comments / 01.07.2015

Every one of the 48 national parks with the greatest Clean Air Act protections are plagued by significant air pollution.

CVAQ RADIO PROGRAM: PESTICIDES, AIR, HEALTH, POLICIES

by CVAQ / Radio Program / No Comments / 25.06.2015

CVAQ Radio Program: Pesticides, Air, Health, Policies KFCF-Fresno 88.1 FM (Merced-Delano)Clearing the Air is hosted by CVAQ Director, Dolores Barajas-Weller and airs every fourth Friday at 3pm. Archives are also available on CVAQ's YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/sjvcleanair. Download MP3

AIR QUALITY

by CVAQ / News / No Comments / 01.06.2015

Several factors are known to consistently hold our county down in the major health rankings conducted annually. Locally, these include our poverty level, unemployment rate, and low medical provider-to- population ratios with contributing impact from the national obesity and diabetes epidemics. But unique to this valley is the COMBINATION of these factors compounded by the poor quality of the air we breathe.

AIR DISTRICT GETS CAUGHT