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Oil Refineries: A Deadly Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists

Refineries have the highest rate of pollution in the oil industry, including air, water and soil pollution. Between 2017 and 2023 there were over 1500 injuries and seven deaths in 153 refineries across the US. One good example of the nexus between global warming and local pollution is ground-level ozone.

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Cars, Smog, and EPA

Legal Planet

This is part of an occasional series of posts about the evolution of pollution standards. Today’s subject is pollution control for new vehicles, which have been known to cause smog since the 1960s. The history of these pollution standards is quite distinctive. Tier 3 standards were phased in starting with 2017 cars.