Air quality

Wildfire smoke continues to sit in the sky above New England. This is why our sunrises and sunsets have been muted lately. They will continue to be muted, with an orange tint to the sun, through at least Saturday. With the smoke getting so thick, our air quality is “unhealthy” Friday and Saturday. So anyone with respiratory ailments should limit…

An air quality alert is in place for much of southern New England through 11 p.m. Wednesday night. The alert was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in advance of elevated ozone levels. All the areas under the EPA’s alert were far-western Connecticut, central and eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and higher elevations at Acadia National Park in...

The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday night.

The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health.

Our Fourth of July holiday weekend is off to a dry but hazy start at several beaches in Massachusetts, including Duxbury and Nantasket, as the wildfires in Canada continue to generate a lot of smoke. Duxbury Beach operations said on Saturday that the beach had poor visibility due to smoke pouring in from the Canadian wildfires. The haze has come…

As we head into the holiday weekend, you may notice a little more haze in the air. Once again, the wildfires in Canada are generating a lot of smoke. Low- and mid-level winds have been favorable to concentrate the smoke across the Great Lakes down through Pennsylvania and into North Carolina. As a storm system moves across through the Great…

Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday.

There are many health risks that people can face when it comes to wildfire smoke. However, health problems brought on by the dangerous air quality levels are not just limited to humans — our beloved pets face them as well.

Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.

The New York Racing Association has announced that live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state.

Much of the East Coast is covered by an orange sky, the result of wildfire smoke traveling south from Canada. Here’s what people have to say on social media.

When the air quality is poor outside, is it safe to use your air conditioner? Here’s what doctors say.

New York health officials say a slight increase in emergency department arrivals began Wednesday, as the skies became an unrecognizable and ominous orange.

Wildfire smoke is part of life in California and the American West, but it’s an unfamiliar foe in New York City and other East Coast cities.

The extremely hazy skies over New York City and other Northeast cities this week have captivated the country as smoke from Canadian wildfires turned the air an ominous orange color. Boston had its own smoky skies on Tuesday, but avoided the almost apocalyptic sights from New York City, where the air quality was rated as hazardous and temporarily the worst…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned the Belmont Stakes could be called off if the air quality index exceeds 200 on its scale.

The smoke continues to smother the tri-state because of a weather pattern know as an “Omega Block” to meteorologists — here’s what that means and when we can expect the smoke to ultimately clear out

Air quality alerts remain in effect for many areas of New England, as smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets the Northeast in a hazy fog that has the potential to cause negative health effects. For the Boston area, it seems that the worst has passed, but other areas are still seeing notable impacts from the smoke, including Connecticut, western Massachusetts…

Parts of New England are still experiencing notable impacts to air quality as wildfires rage in Quebec.