White Paper - Air Pollution
Air pollution or emissions refers to gases and particles that are put into the air or emitted by various sources. Air pollution is a major problem on the east and west coasts of the US, where a large proportion of the population lives. A significant share of these pollutants comes from centralized power plants. Energy generated from renewable resources, because it produces little or no air pollution and because it displaces fossil fuel-based energy systems that do pollute, represents a powerful antidote the growing air pollution problem in the US. See the complete paper.
Links:
Types of Pollutants
- EPA-OAQPS - Air Pollution Emissions Overview
- EPA Mercury
- EPA Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Boilers (Whitepaper)
- EPA Visibility
- EPA Ozone Designations
- EPA Ozone Technical Resources
- EPA Urban Air Ozone Web site
Potential harm caused by pollutants
- AIRNow - Smog - Who does it hurt?
- EPA : Global Warming : Impacts
- EPA's Clean Air Market Programs - Effects of Acid Rain
- U.S. EPA: Ozone Depletion
- EPA's Clean Air Market Programs: Environmental Issues
- EPA: Heat Island - Basic Information
- Air Pollution and Health Risk
- American Lung Association
- Data and Maps - EPA Clean Air Markets Division
- Environmental Health and Safety Online
- Health Effects Institute
Monitoring
- EPA AirData - Select Report/Map - State
- EPA Air Trends -- Criteria Pollutants -- Nonattainment Areas
Trends
Projections