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Tag: smokestacks

Posted inEnvironmental Health

State makes huge gains in reducing ozone gasses

by Greg Barnes March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

By Greg Barnes Decades ago, state regulators began using color-coded bars to warn people about high levels of ozone trapped in the Earth’s lower atmosphere. The warning colors ranged from green for good, yellow for moderate, orange for unhealthy for sensitive groups, red for unhealthy for almost everyone and purple for very unhealthy. In the […]

smog coming out of a tailpipe
Posted inFeatured

North Carolina Likely to Meet New Ozone Rule

by Gabe Rivin November 3, 2015November 17, 2022
Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA
Posted inEnvironmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Panel Cites NC Health Benefits of Federal Carbon Plan

by Gabe Rivin September 21, 2014April 7, 2017
Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA
Posted inChronic Disease, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

North Carolina Comes Up to Federal Standards for Fine Particle Air Pollution

by Gabe Rivin September 10, 2014April 7, 2017

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