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Air Quality Agenda
  • Implement an effective emissions trading system similar to the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, which implements a regional cap-and-trade strategy to reduce ground-level ozone
  • Improve prioritization of air pollution risks
  • Reduce traffic congestion
  • Implement and encourage more convenient, accessible, cost-effective and economical mass transit options
  • Consider emissions-based fees
  • Lower the fixed costs of owning an automobile
  • Embrace innovative incentives to encourage use of transportation alternatives
  • Use market incentives to encourage fleet turnover
  • Encourage market-oriented policies to increase urban tree cover and reduce impervious surface and stormwater runoff
  • Encourage telecommuting

  • Air Quality Publications

    ·Facts Not Fear on Air Pollution 12/14/2006
    ·Agenda 2004 8/17/2004
    ·Olympian Task to Bury Urban Myth on Asthma 7/16/2004
    ·Asthma and Pollution: a Puzzling Picture 5/6/2004
    ·Clearing the Air on Saving Americans' Lives 1/16/2004
    ·Tougher air standards demand sensible solutions 10/17/2003
    ·Hype hazes message during Asthma Awareness month 5/8/2003
    ·An Oxymoron for 21st Century Atlanta: More Roads Equal Improved Air Quality 7/28/2000
    ·A Tune Up for Automobile Emission Testing 12/2/1999
    ·Electric Drive: The Standard for the 21st Century 4/1/1999
    ·Metro Atlanta's Congestion and Air Quality Conundrum: Shuttle-Vans to the Rescue? 3/16/1999
    ·Innovative Approaches for Meeting the Georgia Ozone Challenge 1/15/1998
    ·The Truth about Global Warming: A Long Hot Summer Could Set the Stage for Disastrous Policy 6/20/1995


    Air Quality Resources

    Facts

    Historical Trends for Air Pollutant Concentrations in Georgia
      Carbon Monoxide
      Nitrogen Dioxide
      Sulfur Dioxide
      Lead
      Particulate Matter 10
      Ozone

    View maps showing location of monitors for each pollutant

    National Air Pollutant Emission Trends

    Georgia and Atlanta Air Quality Data - Current and historical levels of air pollution data.

    AIRData - This EPA site gives you access to reports and maps of air pollution data for the entire United States. Custom reports are available for Georgia.

    List of Ozone Non-attainment areas in the U.S.

    Our Nation's Highways - 2008 - This publication from the Federal Highway Administration includes some air quality data.

    Resources

    Georgia Environmental Protection Division

    Georgia's Clean Air Force - Information on the vehicle emission testing program in the metropolitan Atlanta area

    Environmental Protection Agency



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