More Than $90 Million To Be Available To Reduce Air Pollution

More Than $90 Million To Be Available To Reduce Air Pollution

More than $90 million will be available from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in 2016 and 2017 for grant projects and programs to…

Spare the Air Alert Called for Wednesday as Heat Wave Continues

Spare the Air Alert Called for Wednesday as Heat Wave Continues

Continuing hot weather has prompted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to call another Spare the Air alert for Wednesday, air district officials announced…

Spare the Air Alert Issued for Monday

Spare the Air Alert Issued for Monday

A Spare the Air Smog Alert has been issued for Monday due to unhealthy levels of smog and smoke in the air, and residents are…

Air District Board Approves $20M for Caltrain Electrification Project

Air District Board Approves $20M for Caltrain Electrification Project

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District board today approved $20 million in funding for a Caltrain electrification project expected to greatly reduce emissions and…

Valero to Pay $122K Settlement for Air Quality Violations

Valero to Pay $122K Settlement for Air Quality Violations

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced Thursday it has settled a case with the Valero Refining Company for air quality violations at its…

Spare the Air Alert Issued for Tuesday

Spare the Air Alert Issued for Tuesday

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Winter Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday, meaning that burning wood or other solid fuels…

Eleventh Consecutive Spare the Air Day Issued Today

Eleventh Consecutive Spare the Air Day Issued Today

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued the 11th consecutive Winter Spare the Air Alert for Monday, officials said today. The alert is the…

Environmental Group Settles with Air District Over Chevron Project Litigation

Environmental Group Settles with Air District Over Chevron Project Litigation

A California environmental group has settled with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District months after it sued the district over permits for Chevron’s $1…

Spare the Air Day Issued for Thursday

Spare the Air Day Issued for Thursday

A Spare the Air alert has been issued in the Bay Area for Thursday because of unhealthy air quality expected in the region from motor…

Spare the Air Alert Issued for Friday

Spare the Air Alert Issued for Friday

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Friday, when possible triple-digit temperatures and low winds are expected…

Bay Area Bike Share To Launch This Month With 700 Bikes At 70 Stations

Bay Area Bike Share To Launch This Month With 700 Bikes At 70 Stations

A Bay Area bike share program in San Francisco, Redwood City, San Jose, Mountain View and Palo Alto will begin operating on Aug. 28 August…

Oregon Wildfires Prompt Health Advisory For Bay Area Breathers

Oregon Wildfires Prompt Health Advisory For Bay Area Breathers

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District today issued a health advisory for residents in the region because of increased pollution caused by wildfires in…

$7 Million Canadian Bike Share Program To Launch In SF In August

$7 Million Canadian Bike Share Program To Launch In SF In August

Regional air quality and transit officials are planning a rental bike program that will launch later this year with 70 docking stations holding 700 Canadian-made…

Saturday Is Another Spare The Air Day

A “Spare the Air” alert has been issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for Saturday, the second straight day the alert is…