Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

To explore a small piece of what is at stake, let’s take a quick look at some of the rules currently under review at the EPA: Air emission reporting requirements If finalized and implemented, this rule will improve the way air pollution emissions are estimated and collected by the EPA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Site assessments for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act , or ‘Superfund’, include consideration of multiple exposure pathways and pollutants. This process requires the facilities’ reports to include a section for each health impact associated with the air pollutants they will emit.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Regardless, places with high densities of emissions, such as industrialized cities, still have air pollution problems, and these are called “non-attainment areas” because those areas fail to attain one or more NAAQS. Implementation of the Clean Air Act is a unique (from a regulatory perspective) partnership between EPA and each state.

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