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Harvest Time is Choke Time
When the mega dairies start harvesting the corn fields for silage the resulting truck traffic on country roads is really scary. The dust billows and the old trucks are belching diesel pollution. Add the coinciding almond harvest and the dusty haze...
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It seems like every summer people freak out about the heat like they've never felt it before, like it's not an eventuality.
Guess what, people. Bakersfield is hot. It's kind of our thing.
This seasonal amnesia happens back East during the first snow of winter. Motorists forget that snow is...
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I know many people complain about the loud motorcycles that race through their neighborhoods and how they would love the police to ticket these people. I'd love that too. We have kids who get on dirt bikes and race up and down the alley and canal area raising up dust and making a lot...
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Are Cows Number One?
The Californian is questioning Thompson's billboard which implies cows are a major source of our air pollution.
Campaign ad watch: Clearing the air on dairy pollution
Sure, we have lots of trucks and cars on our roads spewing tons of NOX into our air. ...
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Air Board Chair Encourages Investment in Air Quality
Mary Nichols is chairman of the California Air Resources Board. She claims over the past 40 years that California has spent $85 billion in cleaning up the air. The benefits of this partial cleanup to the economy are estimated at...
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Some days you wake up and the view is exceptional. Here are 180 degrees of mountains for your viewing enjoyment.
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Rules are Lax
The following is a continuation of an earlier post today but with a better video link.
This flare is in Kern County. The video was taken Tuesday evening (2.12.08). The flare belongs to an independent oil producer with a permit to flare under emergency conditions. The...
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Six Straight Days Above Federal Standard
Sunday was the worst as it was approaching record highs for ammonium nitrate levels. I heard a weatherman say on the radio that it was a nice sunny day with blue skies. He should have said if you want to see blue skies, go to the...
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We make our own mess.
The graph of yearly violations of the 8 hour ozone standard for Shafter, Bakersfield, and Arvin seems to show Bakersfield is the source of Arvin's pollution and Shafter is fortunate to be upwind.
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Toxic Site Rots In Middle of Town For Twenty Years
The article was in today's paper (see link below). Have a look at the pictures if you have the time.
Shafter Awaiting Cleanup Proposal
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Judy Case Kicked Off State Air Board
In a tremendous victory for clean air advocates, Fresno County Supervisor Judy Case has just been asked, unceremoniously by the State Senate, to vacate her position on the Air Resources Board. She was appointed last May. Her case was...
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Public Service Announcement Details Disturbing Facts
Did anyone hear this public service announcement yesterday? www.publicnewsservice.org
It warned of the dangers to health from particulate matter (PM 2.5). Although it referred to Los Angeles, we have exactly...
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Bush EPA Has Little Interest in our Air Quality Problem
Why else would they refuse to rule on the validity of the San Joaquin Valley Air District cleanup plan?
Our air district is notorious for making inadequate air quality improvement plans and even more famous for delaying any action...
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But, what have they really done?
Our valley Agricultural businesses will benefit more than most if our air quality improves. Crops will yield more and be able to resist disease better because of improved plant health. With less dust, soot, and other common pollutants both valley...
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Don't Breathe Too Deeply
The last two nights have shown dangerously high levels of PM 2.5. The worst pollution has occurred around midnight. I used to carol as a teenager during those hours. You couldn't pay me to do that now. I had enough trouble breathing indoors...
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Unregulated Ammonia Emissions are to Blame
PM 2.5 measurements for November have never been worse. Compared to just a year ago, there was a 66% increase in average 24 hour readings of the deadly particulates this past month. The graph shows the comparison between this November...
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A friend in Frazier Park sent pictures from this past Sunday of the haze from the valley creeping up the Grapevine. We all know the view of brown haze going down into the valley from that area. It must be pretty disturbing to see it rising up to greet you if you live up there.
The...
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By SARAH RUBY
Californian staff writer
e-mail: sruby@bakersfield.com
Politicians won’t touch it, air regulators hate to admit it and tree advocates would rather not discuss it, but here’s the ugly truth: Plants are a thriving source of air pollution.
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Heat stabilized air quality
By Sarah Ruby
When mercury rises, air pollution doesn't necessarily follow.
Consider the recent heat wave. Temperatures soared to a high of 116 degrees in parts of Kern County, yet the air did not get appreciably worse. In some cases, the air was better than it...
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Ok all, I have to go there, seems not many people want to brooch this subject, so here goes...
What is up with the city of Bakersfield? We have really crappy traffic, horrendous roads,and more development than we need (at least in my humble opinion).
As I drive to work, down Columbus playing...
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My contact at the air district passed along this graphic, which shows during our heat wave Fresno and Bakersfield had better air quality than the rest of the state.
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Our editor Davin McHenry raised a good point about air quality. Usually, when temperatures go up, the air gets worse. But if you look at our 108+ degree days, the air did not get appreciably worse. In some cases, the air was better than it had been when temperatures were cooler.
There are a...
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