Alaska seeks more time to submit air-quality plan for particulate-plagued Fairbanks

The state’s environmental commissioner, citing some new information, is pushing back on EPA’s position that the state should address power-plant emissions

By Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon July 28, 2023
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Smokestack emissions into Fairbanks' atmosphere are seen on March 1, 2023 from the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. The Fairbanks North Star Borough has struggled for several years with particulate pollution and its health effects. Wood-burning stoves have caused much of the problem, but federal officials want the state to address emissions from power plants and other sites known as "point sources." (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Smokestack emissions into Fairbanks’ atmosphere are seen on March 1, 2023, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. The Fairbanks North Star Borough has struggled for several years with particulate pollution and its health effects. Wood-burning stoves have caused much of the problem, but federal officials want the state to address emissions from power plants and other sites known as “point sources.” (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon).

Smokestack emissions into Fairbanks’ atmosphere are seen on March 1, 2023, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. The Fairbanks North Star Borough has struggled for several years with particulate pollution and its health effects. Wood-burning stoves have caused much of the problem, but federal officials want the state to address emissions from power plants and other sites known as “point sources.” (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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