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Winter weather patterns, like temperature inversions, trap pollution close to the ground. Holiday activities such as wood burning and fireworks significantly worsen air quality. Particle pollution can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boise's location in a valley often causes it to experience inversions, but the current one has been unusually long. The inversion ...