wildfire smoke

The second-generation Toyota GR86 is a wonderful performance car - we spend some time behind the wheel; With the smoke and haze of wildfires from California and Canada blanketing much of the US, we share some tips on how and when to protect yourself from poor air quality.  Tesla has recently struck deals with a number of domestic automakers to allow access to its EV Supercharger network.  Is this going to be another BetaMAX vs VHS throw down? 

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Sonoma Technology meteorologists recap air quality conditions in the Youngstown-Warren region during summer 2022, including what weather conditions led to high AQI days, and what notable streak ended on the 4th of July.

Click here to view the complete summer 2022 report for the Mahoning Valley.

We're in Canada at the International Association of Wildland Fire Conference this week, and will be pulling some folks aside for some quick conversations about the conference themes and the research being presented and discussed. Our first "rapid fire" episode guest is Sarah Henderson, who works for the BC Centre for Disease Control as the scientific director of Environmental Health Services. Sarah has some fascinating insights into our perceptions of wildfire smoke, some common paradoxes that come up in the ways we talk and think about smoke, as well as some legitimate, scalable solutions for reducing the impacts of wildfire smoke, especially on susceptible populations like those experiencing homelessness, those who don't have the financial means of improving indoor air quality and those with preexisting health conditions that make them particularly vulnerable to smoke's impacts. Thanks to Sarah for taking a moment to chat with us, and hopefully this conversation provides some useful context for those who felt the effects of smoke this summer and fall. 

In this episode, Jill Mangaliman, Edgar Franks, and Liz Darrow discuss recent extreme air quality conditions in Western Washington, and organizing in communities while continuing to push for meaningful legislation to protect farmworkers and the working poor, who are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis.

Songs in this episode:
Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye

photo credit: Alfredo Juarez