Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Air Quality

London Mayor Wants $45 Fee From Pollution-Making SUV’s

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2006 | 5 Comments

Here is a little something to think about as the fine particulate matter settles deep into your lungs on this lovely Ozone Alert Day. While New York City politely suggests via electronic highway billboard and half-assed p.r. campaigns, that motorists switch to mass transit on days like today, the BBC reports that the Mayor of London wants to […]

Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | No Comments

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9 am to 3 pmVesey & Church Streets, Manhattan, near church graveyard WHAT: PM 2.5 air monitoring WHO: John Culpepper of Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association WHERE: Vesey & Church Streets, Manhattan near church graveyard. WHEN: Wed. 19 July 2006, 9 am to 3 pm PM 2.5 is particulate matter 2.5 […]

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | 6 Comments

Ozone Alert in New York City: We warn children, the elderly and people with heart and lung conditions to keep off of city streets until air quality has improved. We suggest that motorists might use mass transit. Ozone Alert in Italy, Germany, and other European Union cities: They ban cars, trucks and scooters from city […]