Fairbanks air quality lawsuit successful

Wood stove pipe on Fairbanks area home (Photo by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks)Environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached an agreement that settles one of two active lawsuits aimed at forcing the agency to take overdue action on Fairbanks-North Pole area air quality. Localized, but extreme wintertime episodes of fine particulate pollution due to wood and fossil fuel burning emissions have long plagued the communities. Clean air advocates see the legal acti