The American Lung Association was invited by the Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club to present the annual State of the Air report and much of New Mexico received failing grades.
According to the report by the American Lung Association, both Bernalillo county and Doña Ana county received “F” grades for pollution relating to high ozone and particle pollution from years 2022 to 2024.
The Las Cruces metro area also saw a noticeable decline in air quality dropping to have the 31st worst in the country when looking at the average year round level of particle pollution…