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News/highlights/tips & other info from Mid-Atlantic Regional office of US EPA. Serving DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV & 7 tribes. 🌎 RTs & follows are not endorsements
Jun 8, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
⚠️ Wildfire smoke from Canada is impacting our region. As a result, parts of our region are seeing Red (Unhealthy) Purple (Very Unhealthy) & Maroon (Hazardous) Air Quality Index Alerts. Stay updated on air quality in your area at airnow.gov or the free @AIRNow app. Air Now screen grab for Phi...U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI... ✅ Try to stay indoors & limit strenuous outdoor activity. Especially, those with heart or lung disease, older adults, children & teens.
✅ Choose a mask that will help protect you from smoke. N95 respirator masks provide the best protection from wildfire smoke.
Jun 6, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
Eco-friendly boating + revitalizing a #Brownfield site = major win! 🚤 🌎

We joined @PureWC for the opening of their new electric pontoon boat production facility at the Beech Bottom Industrial Park in West Virginia. Photo of a fully-electric p...Officials cutting the ribbo...Photo inside the new electr...Our Regional Administrator ... This new manufacturing facility will bring 100 jobs to the Northern Panhandle region. Funding from @EPA helped remediate the former abandoned site & bring the new facility to life.