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Friday, April 26, 2013

Cook County Air Quality Gets Failing Grade

According to the American Lung Association's 2013 "State of the Air," Cook County gets an "F."

This week, the American Lung Association released its 2013 "State of the Air" report card and Cook County received an "F." Lake County also received an "F" but the other Chicago area collar counties (McHenry, Kane, DuPage and Will) all received B's. On Monday, the Sierra Club, along with a coalition of other organizations, will be speaking to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a hearing in Chicago  to support the EPA's proposed "Tier 3" tailpipe standards to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline. Public comment The public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. in LaSalle Ballroom 2 of the Doubletree Magnificent Mile, in Chicago. There will be a pre-event rally and group photo at 9:30 a.m. Residents can also submit comment to the EPA …

Harry Gio

7:46 am on Saturday, April 27, 2013

Cook County is probably affected because of the NOXIOUS smell that comes out of the sewers throughout the downtown area... It's NASTY........   more ›

Monday, February 14, 2011

Daily PatchCast

Daily PatchCast: 'Heat Wave' Expected, Metra Air Pollution At Alarming Levels, Amy Freeze Headed For the Arctic?

A roundup of the region's news for Feb. 14.

Here are the top stories from Patch sites in your area: — Watch out, Commuters: Level of Lung-Damaging Soot on Metra Trains is Higher Than Was Previously Disclosed — We're in for a warm up this week. Find out how warm it's going to get — FOX Chicago Meteorologist Amy Freeze To Say Goodbye, Chicago; Hello, North Pole?? — Grammy nominee Cathy Richardson To Rock Downers Grove

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