Air Pollution Ground-Level Ozone Law 
Vermont Law
JANUARY 18, 2016
Summary: Green-roof zoning laws may provide a solution to the Urban Heat Island Effect, which contributes to anthropogenic climate change through heat pollution originating from large cities. US legislators may follow the lead of Stuttgart, Germany, where exemplary city-greening zoning laws have greatly reduced urban pollution.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. We remain steadfast in our efforts to protect the people of western Pennsylvania and the air they breathe.”
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PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 6, 2022
The following factsheet on asthma and air pollution from natural gas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. Asthma attacks, also known as exacerbations, may be triggered by indoor and outdoor air pollution, stress, and other physical and environmental factors.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
This, along with many other chemicals, like diesel particulates and ground-level ozone that form soot and smog, and metals like lead in paint and drinking water, are regulated by the EPA to keep us safe. For one thing, many regulatory functions are delegated to the state, tribal, and local levels.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Recently, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report that will likely have major effects on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) protects people from dangerous air pollutants. At issue is the EPA’s process of compiling what the agency calls an “integrated science assessment.”
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 18, 2023
Like nitrogen dioxide, methane combines with other pollutants to form ground-level ozone—more commonly known as smog—and it is a significantly more potent global warming pollutant than carbon dioxide. The EPA, however, does not have the authority to regulate indoor air pollution from household appliances.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 17, 2023
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) released a draft set of recommendations calling on the EPA to tighten its current standard for ground-level ozone pollution to protect public health. Here’s how the process is supposed to work.
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