Group says air quality in Pennsylvania is getting worse
(Harrisburg) — An environmental advocacy group points to worsening air quality in Pennsylvania.
The report from the PennEnvironment Policy and Research Center shows that on average, one-third of the days in 2016 had unhealthy air quality.
The organization’s Stephanie Wein says they sampled nine metro areas, including in central Pennsylvania.
“The Gettysburg area experienced 81 days of degraded air quality. York and Hanover experienced 128 bad air days. Harrisburg suffered 132 days of bad air,.. and finally in Lebanon and Lancaster there were over 170 bad air days. That’s one out of every two days,” she said.
Wein says they’re using the report to call on state and federal officials to strengthen clean air laws, tighten auto emission standards and to become less reliant on fossil fuels that cause the most damage.
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