Global Warming And The Environment

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

October 25, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Affordable Clean Energy, Air Quality, Air Quality and Health, Attainment, CAFE standards, Carbon Dioxide, carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon dioxide effects, Carbon Emissions, Clean Air Act, Clean Power Plan, Climate Change, Coal fired power plants, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Executive Order, Forecast, global warming, Global Warming And The Environment, Global Warming Climate Change, Global Warming Concerns, nitrogen oxides, NOX, Noxious, Obama Administration, Ozone, ozone attainment, Ozone Exposure, Ozone Levels, Regulations, Trump Administration

The fight against harmful ozone is under legal threat. Air quality and carbon emissions regulations are currently in limbo in courts and congress, from core legislation from the 1970s to rules from the last U.S. administration. This study models the future losses in the fight to drive down respiratory-damaging, ground-level ozone if the regulations go away.