Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 13, 2024

In response, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—the United Nations body that governs global shipping—passed a new strategy to eliminate the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions in July 2023. Ozone exposure causes and exacerbates respiratory issues, including asthma, and has been linked to cardiovascular disease and premature death.

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Natural Gas Ocean Ground-Level Ozone Greenhouse 137

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

One good example of the nexus between global warming and local pollution is ground-level ozone. NOx and SOx move to higher levels of the atmosphere and react with oxygen and water vapor to produce acid rain, which harms crops, forests and ecosystems by decreasing growth and damaging foliage.

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Ground-Level Ozone Fossil Fuels Ozone Air Pollution 275

Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Methane also contributes to the formation of ground-level ozone which is itself a heat-trapping greenhouse gas and, when inhaled by humans, can trigger a variety of health problems from throat irritation and coughing to bronchitis, asthma, and reduced lung function.

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Regulations Natural Gas Air Pollution Ground-Level Ozone 52

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

By railing against what he calls a “radical climate change movement” and suing the federal government to protect corporate polluters. In 2015, when he took office as AG after stints in the Texas Legislature, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency for strengthening a standard for ground-level ozone, better known as smog.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Sea Level Electricity 363