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The #EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
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Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, #Kentucky, remains polluted.
The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.
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Why EPA Efforts to Clean Up Kentucky Town Haven’t Worked
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.ProPublica
Clean air. It just makes sense, especially in schools.
The Lancet: Designing infectious disease resilience into school buildings through improvements to ventilation and air cleaning
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Between 2018 and 2022, CO2 emissions from all sources across the San Francisco Bay Area dropped about 1.8% annually, a decrease the researchers attribute to the rise in EVs.
The Bay Area has the highest EV adoption rate in the country: last year, electric cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs made up nearly 40% of new auto registrations in San Jose and 34% in San Francisco.
