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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 enjoyed ozone reductions of 3 to 5 ppb or more. Ozone concentrations in over 70 percent (i.e., ppb by 2025. EPA estimated that: .

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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

One good example of the nexus between global warming and local pollution is ground-level ozone. To make matters worse, NOx contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone and secondary PM2.5, Therefore, controlling for NOx and SOx helps reduce PM2.5 which is formed in the atmosphere from precursor gases such as NOx.