...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...An extended period of stagnant air, with light winds
and little vertical mixing.
* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest and west central
Idaho and northeast and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 1 PM MST Friday, and this time may be extended.
* IMPACTS...Periods of air stagnation can lead to the buildup of
pollutants near the surface.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will be strong enough today,
Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons in portions of the Upper
Treasure Valley and Western Magic Valley to limit stagnation.
However, parts of the zones will experience stagnant air and
were therefore included in this advisory.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
An Air Stagnation Advisory concerns itself with meteorological
conditions only. For more information on air pollution in Idaho,
visit website www.deq.idaho.gov. For Oregon, visit website
www.oregon.gov/deq.
If possible, reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to
air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and the use of
residential wood burning devices. Reduce vehicle trips and
vehicle idling as much as possible.
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BOISE — The Alliance Defense Fund, the organization suing the
state of Idaho on behalf of now-defunct Nampa Classical Academy,
will appeal the ruling made by the 9th Circuit Court earlier this
week. The court upheld the dismissal of the lawsuit, which
challenged state officials’ barring of the Bible as a teaching tool
in the classroom.
David Cortman, senior legal counsel with ADF, said in an email to
the Idaho Press-Tribune they are prepared to take the case to the
Supreme Court.
“In our opinion, the court failed to perform any meaningful
analysis of any issue in the case, including the seminal one:
whether there is any educational purpose to ban all religious
documents from objective teaching …” Cortman said.
He said the court also ignored the right of local school districts
to choose their own texts and curriculum.
The next step for ADF is to file for a “rehearing en banc,” which
will request the case be heard by all judges within the 9th
Circuit. If the ruling is not overturned during “en banc”
proceedings, ADF will file a petition to submit the case for review
in the Supreme Court.
