Valley air stinks and will for years to come. It drives off business and sickens people to death. The American Lung Association, among others, annually reminds us how bad off we are. But those of us who've moved around the country can take that one step further. How about tracking the air in places you've previously lived? OK, it's a snapshot in ...

For each 1.8 degree warming of the Earth's atmosphere, 1,000 more people will die in the United States -- with 300 of them in California. Or, to be more specific, they'll die in Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield, Merced, Stockton or Los Angeles, the state's most air-polluted cities. That's from a recent study by Stanford atmospheric scientist Mark ...

Kudos to the Fresno Bee for its ''Fighting for Air'' special section on Dec. 16, a look at how little has been accomplished in the five years since the Bee last examined Valley air pollution. I read the section after my morning hit on the asthma inhaler and a hot shower to unlock my lungs. It made me think of 10 things I intensely dislike ...