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Coalition pushes for teamwork at summit
An industry representative Wednesday borrowed from Fresno State football coach Pat Hill in challenging the San Joaquin Valley to clean up the country's second-dirtiest air basin.
04/24/03 05:00:00
Critics of air summit call for more input
A coalition dominated by industry and public officials is launching an innovative attack this month on the San Joaquin Valley's dirty air, but skeptical community and medical activists call the campaign a distraction from real cleanup plans.
04/04/03 05:36:00
Growers air stand on pollution limits
BAKERSFIELD -- In the last decade, massive Paramount Farms sent 2 million tons of orchard waste to clean, wood-burning electricity plants rather than light open-field fires and pour dirty smoke into the sky.
03/08/03 04:44:00
Ag engine status reviewed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a change of status for farm diesel pump engines to regulate them as "mobile sources" like cars and remove a controversial requirement for air pollution permits.
03/06/03 05:02:00
EPA calls for axing loophole for ag
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would prefer elimination of an air regulation loophole for farmers rather than an amendment to state law, as suggested by the agriculture industry.
03/01/03 05:09:00
Farmers pressured to tighten air rule
The agriculture industry's proposal to revise a farm loophole in state air regulations isn't good enough, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say.
02/28/03 05:10:00
10 Florez bills target pollution
SACRAMENTO -- State Sen. Dean Florez has unveiled a sweeping and controversial package of air quality legislation that would take the dirtiest cars off the road, restrict wood-burning fireplaces and impose strict pollution regulations on the state's farms and dairies.
02/23/03 07:54:00
Air district talks of category change
Northern San Joaquin Valley cities don't have a real smog problem. The previously troublesome South Valley has improved significantly.
02/21/03 06:02:00
Crews contain Fresno junkpile blaze
Acrid smoke no longer billows from the Archie Crippen Excavation junk fire in southwest Fresno, officials said Tuesday.
02/12/03 05:20:00
Full tank unearthed at fire
Firefighters pulled a 6-foot-long tank filled with an oil-like substance from the Archie Crippen Excavation junk fire in southwest Fresno.
02/11/03 06:51:00
Pollution measure to focus on farms
SACRAMENTO -- As pressure mounts on state and federal officials to clean the San Joaquin Valley's dirty air, agricultural lobbyists are reluctantly writing legislation that would subject California farms to more pollution rules.
02/10/03 05:41:00
Crippen blasts fire handling
Archie Crippen, owner of a woodpile that has burned for a month, says Fresno's sky would not be filled with dangerous smoke if the city hadn't ignored six emergency calls, allowing a delay that turned a small fire into a huge blaze.
02/08/03 05:38:00
Lawsuit filed in debris-pile fire
A dentist Tuesday filed the first lawsuit against Archie Crippen Excavation, the site of a 3-week-old junk fire spewing acrid smoke into the skies of southwest Fresno.
02/05/03 05:30:00
Reyes aims at waste facilities
As Fresno's junk-pile fire smolders into its fourth week, Assembly Member Sarah Reyes introduced a bill designed to tighten laws governing solid waste facilities, snare operators who violate regulations and attempt to prevent similar blazes from occurring elsewhere in the state.
02/01/03 06:13:00
Holes in air rules prompt lawsuit
Clean-air activists again are suing the federal government over loopholes for farmers, claiming a dust-control rule is unfairly skewed for the San Joaquin Valley's largest industry.
01/30/03 05:18:00
Fire ignites look at city ordinances
The Fresno City Council on Tuesday began a process that likely will end in a moratorium on conditional-use permits for places such as the Archie Crippen Excavation site, which caught fire Jan. 11 and still is burning.
01/29/03 05:24:00
Samples discover hazards at fire
Authorities on Monday released a list of 18 potentially hazardous chemicals detected in air samples more than a week ago at the southwest Fresno junk fire.
01/28/03 09:17:00
Firefighters get on top of pile
Firefighters climbed a burning junk pile Sunday for the first time since it ignited more than two weeks ago.
01/27/03 05:35:00
Breathing Easier
Fire crews battling the 2-week-old woodpile blaze in southwest Fresno were reported about halfway through the mess Friday, but some nearby residents didn't have to be told about the progress.
01/25/03 04:24:00
2nd load of foam due Friday
Nearly 700 gallons of foam concentrate directed at southwest Fresno's woodpile fire was expected to run out this afternoon, but a larger shipment is expected by Friday.
01/23/03 05:01:00
Fire proves no fun for kids
Nurses throughout Fresno Unified School District report a dramatic increase in respiratory problems among schoolchildren since a debris fire ignited in West Fresno 11 days ago.
01/22/03 05:14:00
Foam hastens work on pile fire
Standing in front of the stubborn woodpile blaze in southwest Fresno, Doug Hicks, a state forestry department division chief, liked what he saw.
01/22/03 05:14:00
Smoky air still risk to health
Federal environmental health officials said Monday that clouds of acrid smoke from a debris fire in southwest Fresno continue to pose health risks and they plan to fight the blaze with a fire-smothering foam today.
01/21/03 05:56:00
Blaze not a danger, EPA says
Chemical levels in a thick plume wafting from a woodpile fire in southwest Fresno won't harm the public, officials said Sunday.
01/20/03 06:15:00
Firefighters tearing into woodpile
As Fresno's notorious woodpile blaze burned for an eighth day, city firefighters Saturday began attacking the broad two-story expanse of waste, aided by bulldozers and backhoes in a careful effort to kill a fire that has triggered health problems across the city.
01/19/03 07:06:00
Burning pile contaminated
Amid a burning, two-story-tall mound of wood, authorities have found twisted metal, plastic, soiled carpet and various automobile parts -- adding contaminants to a potent plume.
01/18/03 05:13:00
Air stifles activities
Fresno children will stop indoor and outdoor school activities until Tuesday because of the smoke still wafting from a 6-day-old woodpile fire that now has the attention of federal and state authorities.
01/17/03 05:45:00
Fire still smoldering
With lung-patient visits more than doubling at one hospital, Fresno officials Wednesday announced the state may take over the job of snuffing an air-fouling fire in a huge, southwest Fresno woodpile.
01/16/03 04:21:00
Smoke, fog a sooty concoction
The dangerous soot plumes from a still-burning woodpile fire are caught in a soggy blanket of Fresno fog, keeping schoolchildren indoors and causing air officials to continue warning the public.
01/15/03 05:30:00
P.M. Update: Bad air forces Fresno Unified to cancel outdoor activities
The dangerous soot and ash plumes from an ongoing wood-pile fire are caught in the soggy embrace of a Fresno fog that is keeping schoolchildren indoors.
01/14/03 17:46:00
Blaze spikes pollution levels
Firefighters may need a week to snuff out a woodpile fire that is spewing a pall of smoke into Fresno's sky and causing pollution monitors to climb several times higher than healthy levels.
01/14/03 17:46:00
Pollution threatens power project
The San Joaquin Valley's murky air could foul the future of a $550 million power plant that would supply one-third of Central California's electricity needs.
01/13/03 06:09:00
District to hold no-burn forums
If you use one of the 400,000 fireplaces and other wood-burning devices in the San Joaquin Valley, don't miss the public workshop next month about mandatory no-burn days.
01/11/03 05:24:00
Council furthers fireplace proposal
The Fresno City Council on Tuesday voted to move forward on an ordinance banning wood-burning fireplaces in any new home constructed in the city.
01/08/03 04:40:00
Florez, Fresno council tackle Valley pollution
For a fifth day since the beginning of this year, sooty air made it unhealthy to breathe in the San Joaquin Valley as unrelenting fog trapped tiny pieces of fireplace ash and exhaust particles close to the ground.
01/07/03 04:52:00
Special panel created to address air pollution
Senate President John Burton on Monday agreed to create a special committee in the Legislature's upper house to deal with the Central Valley's escalating air pollution.
01/07/03 04:51:00
Particles added to daily air forecasts
This winter San Joaquin Valley residents will wake up to more days of unhealthful air and warnings to not burn wood in fireplaces or to set piles of farm prunings afire.
01/03/03 10:29:00
Air board cuts farm loophole, but issue's not over
A 1970s loophole that allows on-field farming to escape air regulation has been removed from a key San Joaquin Valley air rule, but nothing has changed yet.
12/23/02 15:27:00
Officials' tactics inflame critics
The e-mail doesn't mince words about the January junk fire still sending dangerous smoke into Fresno's sky.
01/26/03 05:26:00
State budget crisis may make Valley air dirtier
Facing federal cleanup deadlines and lawsuits over dirty air, the San Joaquin Valley may soon lose some unexpected pollution-fighting weapons -- several small power plants.
12/23/02 14:25:00
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