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June 7, 2023; Columbus, Ohio, USA; A bicyclist rides through Genoa Park along the Scioto River in 2023 as smog from Canadian wildfires affects the downtown view.
An air quality index level of 100 is considered safe. An AQI under 100 is good or acceptable, and an AQI over 100 is cause for concern, especially for vulnerable groups. Levels over 300 indicate ...
In Ohio, wildfire smoke in Akron created worse air quality than Beijing and Shanghai, cities notoriously plagued by air pollution. At the time, huge swaths of the Midwest had unhealthy air quality ...
On August 25, 2020, a Holland Oil and Gas fuel tanker crashed on Route 8 near Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, killing one individual and causing a fire that leaked fuel into the southern section of the river. [39] The fire was extinguished by the Akron Fire Department and the river section and surrounding area were promptly cleaned up. [39]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Ohio designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission issued an air quality alert beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday for parts of central Ohio.. The alert issued Wednesday afternoon includes Delaware, Franklin ...
A peat fire near the Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Selangor, Malaysia (2013). The fires are below the surface, where the peat is smoldering. The Southeast Asian haze is a fire-related recurrent transboundary air pollution issue.
A chemical gas leak from a rail tanker in Whitewater Township, Ohio, prompted fears of an explosion and evacuation orders for people within at least a half-mile radius of the incident.