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USA up for cleaner air

In February 2024 the US Environmental Protection Agency finalised the new National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for PM2.5, reducing the limit from 12.0 µg/m3 to 9.0 µg/m3.
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New US standard for fine particles to be expected

The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) proposes to tighten national air quality standards for fine particle matter (PM2.5) for the first time since 2012.
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Backlash for US air pollution levels

After a seven-year stretch of improvement, between 2016 and 2018 the amount of particulate matter air pollution rose ...
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CO2 makes up 81 per cent of US greenhouse gases

The website of the US EPA presents an inventory of GHG emissions for 1990 to 2016, but web pages containing detailed climate analysis were removed one year ago.
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US expert panel calls for ammonia-based NAAQS

Members of the US Environment Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) examining the ecological effects of nitrogen oxides, 
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US standards on NO2 remain

After a review of scientific evidence, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 14 July proposed to retain the current national ambient air quality standards ..
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Beans for beef

What if everyone in the United States ate beans instead of beef? This quite simple dietary change would result in reducing greenhouse gas emissions ..
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Ammonia increasing over agricultural areas

The first global, long-term satellite study of airborne ammonia gas has revealed increasing levels of the pollutant over four of the world’s most productive agricultural regions.
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