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The American Lung Association's 2024 "State of the Air" report shows pollution getting worse in Minnesota over the last three years. Spokesman Jon Hunter says it involves fine particulate matter.
May 3—ROCHESTER — The air quality forecast for the summer and fall of 2023 is becoming clearer — literally. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency meteorologists are predicting mild conditions ...
It's like, then I realized, wildfires." WCCO Last summer is hard to forget. Minnesota saw 22 air quality alerts in 52 days — a record-breaking year. "Last year was historically bad.
This year, parts of northeastern Minnesota have had air quality alerts for a combined 704 hours (nearly 30 days) as of Thursday. A record was set for parts of Lake and Cook counties around the ...
An air quality alert has been issued for all of Minnesota by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), which will run until noon on Wednesday, June 4.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued air quality alert for Saturday-Sunday as Canadian wildfire smoke creates red AQI levels affecting multiple regions.
Meteorologists with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency use air quality data collected from 24 stations around the state to help determine when to declare air quality alerts. Jul 11, 2023 01:48 ...
BRAINERD — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for central, north central, and northwest Minnesota. The alert went into effect at 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 2 ...
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality red alert — considered unhealthy for all — until noon Monday as wildfire smoke from Canada wafts into the state. The alert is the ...
ROCHESTER — The air quality forecast for the summer and fall of 2023 is becoming clearer — literally. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency meteorologists are predicting mild conditions across ...