Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 13, 2024
The air quality for this report was calculated using data reviewed by EPA from 2020, 2021, and 2022. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report measures three of the major types of pollutants in the San Joaquin Valley: long-term particle matter, short-term particle matter, and ozone.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 22, 2023
States and local air quality regulators have the legal authority to set particulate matter (PM), ozone, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions standards and adopt regulations for these pollutants when they are already in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards ( NAAQS ) set by the U.S.
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Breezometer
OCTOBER 31, 2021
In the presence of heat and sunlight, chemical emissions from cars and factories react to form ozone (learn more here )., As average temperatures rise, ozone levels accelerate. Ozone is particularly dangerous to children since their lungs are still developing and they often spend more time outdoors than adults. Pregnant Women.
HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
Guest Post By Erin Boedicker , 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. In a place that is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2020), mitigation of warming agents is crucial. June 25, 2020. April 27, 2020. Arctic Report Card: Update for 2020.”
Breezometer
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
One such project is the AQ-Watch initiative, for which BreezoMeter, together with 11 other partners, won the prestigious Horizon 2020 grant. What is the EU Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Program ? To determine the exposure of the local population to harmful hydrocarbon and ozone levels.
HumanNature
DECEMBER 5, 2023
peaked on the Google search engine in September 2020, coinciding with the western United States wildfires that, up until this year, set the precedent for wildfire smoke with the greatest impact to US population. Closer to home, skies in Fort Collins rained ash during the 2020 Cameron peak fire. The question “ why is the sky orange?
Clean Energy Law
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
If the SCAQMD’s development timeline holds, Proposed Rule 2305 will phase in on July 1, 2020. The Basin does not meet the state or federal ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, and existing regulations have to date proved insufficient to bring the Basin into compliance. Facility-Based Mobile Source Measures.
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