The 12th annual “State of the Air” report found that despite a drop in the total number of days that Californians breathe smog and diesel fumes, the state remains awash in some of the dirtiest air in the nation.
In 2008, the regional air district passed a sweeping ordinance that bans burning of garbage, requires federally certified stoves or fireplace inserts in new homes and remodels, and prohibits wood burning in fireplaces and stoves when air quality hits harmful levels.
Officials estimate wood smoke accounted for about 30 percent of wintertime particle pollution in the nine-county region.
Now unless you are too stupid to get up in the morning you know where this is going. Roast your marshmallows over the solar panel. Hang your Christmas stockings by the solar heater. But thank goodness no more coal in your stocking.
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