EPA air quality monitoring network faces significant gaps in coverage

Declining numbers of air monitors across the United States are reducing visibility into industrial pollution and emissions, complicating efforts to track air quality and hold polluters accountable.

First covered Sep 13, 2026 · 6:00 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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13d Grist America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.

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apps.legislature.ky.gov 25RS HB 137

epa.gov Hon%20P%26R.%20Demographic%20Analysis.Fact%20Sheet.%204.6.23 (epa.gov)

gao.gov Gao 21 38 (gao.gov)

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