Carbon Monoxide Clean Air Act Government 
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 12, 2024
In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,
Law Columbia
JUNE 27, 2024
This growing network of warehouses and the freight vehicles that serve them contribute significantly to a community’s greenhouse gas emissions and exposure to harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulate matter.
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Environmental Science
JULY 30, 2018
I named the Priority Pollutants a moment ago, which are 129 chemicals of interest under the Clean Water Act, RCRA, one of two federal laws governing hazardous wastes has several hundred “Appendix IX” groundwater monitoring compounds. Clean Water Act. The stated goal of the Clean Water Act is “zero discharge.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 21, 2025
The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. From 2000 to 2020, national PM 2.5
Environment, Law, and History
DECEMBER 31, 2020
But the Clean Air Act has nonetheless had a major impact. Here’s what EPA has to say on the subject — and remember, this is from the Trump EPA, which is no fan of regulation: Experience with the Clean Air Act since 1970 has shown that protecting public health and building the economy can go hand in hand.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2022
For instance, particulate matter air pollution is one of the leading causes of death around the world and it can potentially affect or damage every organ in the body. There’s little question that the EPA needs the strongest possible science-based process to do its job of safeguarding the public from air pollution.
ESA
APRIL 5, 2021
The advisory council is tasked with providing advice and recommendations to the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council on a whole-of-government approach to environmental justice. The White House created the council under Biden’s Jan. 1144 ) from by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA).
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