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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

are formed indirectly in the atmosphere from other toxic pollutants also emitted from tailpipes. Since then, there has been much progress in cleaning up our air, the result of effective environmental policies that control combustion emissions from sources such as power plants, industry, ports, warehouses and our vast network of roads.

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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

Juris Doctor Candidate (VLGS '23) and Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law April 8, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes air quality standards under the Clean Air Act. (1) 2020), [link] DOE, supra note 1. Turner, Jr. times or 152 percent in production areas. (24)