Chronicle Special Section
Air Pollution
Friday, October 17, 2008
Not all share in Bay Area's cleansing air
Kelly Zito
Fog. Sun. Sun. Fog. Fog. It's the cycle that defines and dismays San Francisco. But it's also part of the natural machinery that keeps Bay Area residents breathing some of the cleaner air in the state. However, not all...
Air pollutants plaguing the Bay Area
Jane Kay
The nine counties around San Francisco Bay face the greatest health threats from three types of nasty air pollution - ozone, particulate matter and toxic air contaminants. OZONE The main ingredient in smog is formed in...
Heavy pollution from this year's wildfires
Peter Fimrite
The fires that rampaged through Northern California this summer and shrouded the sun in a smoky haze probably deposited more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the calamitous fires that swept across the state...
Environmental hazards around the house
Alison Rood
We like to think of our homes as havens, but how safe are they? The expression, "A man's home is his castle" might need updating to "carcinogenic castle" if we stop to consider indoor air pollution. Everything from the...
Spare-air ban on winter indoor wood burning
Jane Kay
This winter, for the first time, Bay Area residents won't be able to burn wood in fireplaces and stoves on Spare the Air Days and Nights. Regulators in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District are clamping down on...
Hybrid cars not always as green as they seem
Michael Cabanatuan
Read the glossy magazine ads, watch the slick TV commercials, listen to Hollywood celebs rave about their choice of cars on talk shows, and you'll get the idea that hybrid cars can save the planet. While some of them...
How to turn food scraps into compost
Chronicle staff
The next time you think about throwing away potato peels, eggshells or the core of a piece of fruit, think again. Those items, when hauled away in the trash, can end up in a landfill and produce methane, a greenhouse...
Green Tips
On the hunt for a home? People within one-quarter mile of rail and one-tenth of a mile from a bus stop drive about 4,400 fewer miles annually, according to www.publictransportation.org. - - Cut down on greenhouse gas...
