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Kingston CAC urges expanded air-quality monitoring, limits on recreational wood burning
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The Kingston Conservation Advisory Council recommended neighborhood air-quality sensors, education on wood burning and enforcement of local ordinances after reviewing multi-year PM2.5 data gathered with a Bard College researcher.
The Kingston Conservation Advisory Council on Tuesday recommended expanding neighborhood air-quality monitoring and reducing recreational wood burning after reviewing four years of particle data gathered with a Bard College researcher.
Council member Emily Hauser said the group has been working with Eli Duper of Bard College and that their data show fine-particle (PM2.5) spikes tied to wood burning, wildfires and fireworks. "One of the big sources of air pollution is wood burning," Hauser said, noting library-mounted PurpleAir monitors and…
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