High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 8. The foul air outside my window http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-foul-air-outside-my-window A small -- and impoverished -- tribe in Nevada suffers from the health impacts of a nearby pollution-spewing coal-fired power plant. No publisher William Anderson Clean Air Act asthma Reid Gardner power plant air pollution climate change ozone levels particulate pollution Green Justice Moapa River Indian Reservation coal pollution lung disease Moapa Band of Paiutes carbon emissions EPA 2011-10-25T20:45:06Z News Article Breathing easy http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17/breathing-easy In West Oakland, Calif., the Breathmobile fights inner city asthma. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Breathmobile asthma air pollution Dr. Washington Burns Green Justice low-income health care environmental justice 2010-10-08T14:58:31Z News Article A mobile health solution http://www.hcn.org/articles/a-mobile-health-solution A day with the asthma-fighting crusaders of West Oakland, Calif. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Breathmobile asthma air pollution Dr. Washington Burns Green Justice health care environmental justice 2010-10-08T15:27:41Z News Article EPA hearings can be so, like, high school http://www.hcn.org/wotr/epa-hearings-can-be-so-like-high-school At an EPA hearing on oil and gas drilling, the so-called professionals scoffed and snickered at the testimony of local families. No publisher Andrea Gelfuso asthma energy industry EPA hearings oil and gas drilling environmental policy public input drilling health effects 2010-08-31T16:12:37Z News Article Asthma and allergies take root in the new West http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17158 Greg Mitman remembers when the West was a sanctuary for asthma sufferers – before the region’s own skies became polluted and pollen-filled. No publisher Greg Mitman Greg Mitman asthma allergies TB pollen health 2010-02-05T09:44:05Z News Article The hidden history of a sneeze http://www.hcn.org/issues/360/17404 Medical historian Gregg Mitman offers a fascinating history of the national allergy boom in Breathing Space: How Our Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscape. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Breathing Space asthma allergies hay fever Gregg Mitman 2010-07-21T23:34:28Z News Article Gas drilling blamed for smog http://www.hcn.org/issues/261/14348 Scientists say that oil and gas drilling is responsible for creating high levels of smog-forming hydrocarbons in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado No publisher Josh Garrett-Davis Air Quality Oil And Gas Air pollution smog hydrocarbons oil and gas drilling energy production atmospheric science asthma global warming 2010-02-05T09:55:08Z News Article Clearing the air http://www.hcn.org/issues/260/14304 California farmers have long been exempt from the Clean Air Act, but that may change, as legislators and activists tackle the health and environmental problems linked to agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley No publisher Cosmo Garvin Pollution Air pollution Clean Air Act San Joaquin Valley agriculture California farmers Sen. Dean Florez asthma air quality Central Valley 2010-02-05T10:13:58Z News Article