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North Carolina has two years to meet new Environmental Protection Agency regulations regarding fine particulate matter.
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For the team of people working to forecast air quality at the Forsyth County Office of Environmental Assistance and Protection, this summer has been a wildcard. Smoke from the Canadian wildfires brought more back-to-back poor air quality days than the area has seen in years. The county has been at an advantage though: It’s one of only three in the state to operate its own air quality monitoring stations and it's the only one that issues its own daily forecasts.
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Forsyth County could see another few days of suboptimal air quality this week, due again to the effects of wildfires in Canada. The Forsyth County Office…
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Air quality recovered quickly after the Winston Weaver Company fertilizer plant fire. That’s according to a review of air pollution data collected by the…
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A recent study claims local officials and environmental agencies downplayed hazardous air conditions during the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire — and more should have been done to alert the public.
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A new report analyzing raw air quality data in areas around the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant fire is raising questions. Researchers are making several…
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Air quality in Winston-Salem has been improving due to increased fire suppression efforts at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant. But one environmental…
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A Forsyth County environmental official is sounding alarms about the air pollution resulting from the ongoing fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant.…
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UPDATED 6:35 p.m. An uncontrolled fire at a fertilizer plant in North Carolina forced thousands of people to evacuate as firefighters stood back Tuesday…
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is investing in new technology to improve indoor air quality in some buildings before classrooms reopen in the coming…