A state environmental air quality study found that downtown Juneau generally has good air quality, and cruise ship emissions didn’t threaten the city’s good standing with the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Scientists hope new Southeast air quality monitors will provide insight on impact of ship exhaust
Scientists hope new air monitors in Southeast port communities will provide some hard data on air pollution from cruise ships.
What’s the air quality like in Southeast Alaska without cruise ships? Scientists hope to find out this summer.
The COVID-19 pandemic has the unintended result of providing researchers with something like a control experiment.
As complaints increase, Norwegian Cruise Lines agrees to pay for emissions monitoring in Skagway
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation received nine emissions complaints from Skagway this year.
How bad are cruise ship emissions in downtown Juneau? An air quality survey aims to find out.
This summer, a state agency is conducting an air quality study in downtown Juneau, with an eye toward measuring the impact of cruise ship emissions. Here’s how Juneau residents are helping.
After struggling for years to clean up its air, Fairbanks still faces contentious wood smoke problem
The area has been failing to meet a federal air quality standard since 2009, and this year is the deadline for meeting that standard. But after a decade of struggle, trying to get people to cut back on wood burning is still as contentious as ever.