36% of homes produce 73 times more pollution
In the Comox Valley, wood heat generates 73 times more harmful fine particulate matter (PM2.5) than all other sources of […]
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Why no advisory?
This morning we exceeded, for the first time this fall, the BC Air Quality Objective for a 24 hour period […]
Videos from Public Forum on Air Quality
On March 14th, Breathe Clean Air hosted a public forum on air quality. Over 80 people attended, including a number […]
Public meeting on Air Quality in the Comox Valley
We are hosting a public meeting on Air Quality in the Comox Valley. The event will be Wednesday, March 14th, […]
MEDIA: B.C. government releases report on Courtenay air quality and meteorology patterns
Breathe Clean Air was in the news last week, commenting on the recently released study on air quality and meteorology […]
New study on Air Quality & Meteorology for Courtenay
The BC government has released a new report on Air Quality in Courtenay “Patterns of Air Quality and Meteorology in […]
New summary report of mobile monitoring in the Comox Valley
Last February, a researcher did extensive mobile monitoring in parts of the Comox Valley (see our write-up about the study). […]
UPDATED: Air Quality Health Index not good assessment of risk
When our smoke levels go up, whether from wildfire smoke in the summer or residential wood burning in the winter, […]
2017 Mobile Monitoring – Preliminary results
This past January-February, a mobile monitoring study of fine particulates was conducted in the Comox Valley for two weeks. Two […]
Presentation to Cumberland Council (March 13)
This Monday night (March 13th), Earle Plain, our regional Air Quality Meteorologist, and Dr. Charmaine Enns, our Medical Health Officer, […]
Monitor location makes sense (letter to editor)
On Nov. 25th, the Comox Valley Echo reported on comments from CVRD Directors, Ken Grant and Larry Jangula (click on […]
Local air quality featured on Shaw TV
Air quality was featured in Shaw TV’s September’s broadcast of “Judi’s Comox Valley Stories”. The 12 minute piece by Judi […]