air quality

The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday night.

The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health.

The Canadian wildfires are once again impacting Connecticut’s air quality, just in time for the holiday weekend. Around the state Friday, the air quality index was between 100 and 150, which is categorized as “unhealthy.” At the Rocky Neck State Park beach, there was a heavy haze hanging over the ocean. Still, there are thousands of people getting a head...

Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday.

There are many health risks that people can face when it comes to wildfire smoke. However, health problems brought on by the dangerous air quality levels are not just limited to humans — our beloved pets face them as well.

Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.

The New York Racing Association has announced that live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state.

Much of the East Coast is covered by an orange sky, the result of wildfire smoke traveling south from Canada. Here’s what people have to say on social media.

When the air quality is poor outside, is it safe to use your air conditioner? Here’s what doctors say.

New York health officials say a slight increase in emergency department arrivals began Wednesday, as the skies became an unrecognizable and ominous orange.

Dr. Laura Pence, from the University of Hartford, discusses the health concerns being created by the smoke from Canadian wildfires moving through Connecticut.

Thursday was another day of smoky skies across Connecticut.

Wildfire smoke is part of life in California and the American West, but it’s an unfamiliar foe in New York City and other East Coast cities.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned the Belmont Stakes could be called off if the air quality index exceeds 200 on its scale.

The smoke continues to smother the tri-state because of a weather pattern know as an “Omega Block” to meteorologists — here’s what that means and when we can expect the smoke to ultimately clear out

A concert at Bridgeport’s Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater is being rescheduled Wednesday due to air quality concerns. Live Nation said the Young the Giant with Milky Chance concert will be rescheduled to Wednesday, June 14. The smoke from the Canadian wildfires is expected to worsen as the day goes on. The thickest smoke will be during the evening and early Wednesday…

There has been a lot of talk about air quality levels as nearly the NYC area has been engulfed by smoke coming down from wildfires in Canada. What do the numbers mean? Here’s an explanation.

Many schools across Connecticut kept kids inside for recess and some high school state tournaments were postponed Wednesday due to the smoke conditions throughout the state.

The New York City area has been smothered in a cloud of thick smoke due to wildfires in the eastern Canadian provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia over the past few days —and it is not any better Wednesday. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation extended its citywide air quality health advisory through midnight Wednesday, and those who…