Do poor grades mean that my state or city government isn’t doing enough to control ozone and/or particle pollution?
Not necessarily. Grades in the report are based solely on the quality of the air in these counties and do not reflect any assessment of state or local efforts to improve air quality. For example, some of the most stringent controls in the nation are in California, put in place there to fight their serious problems with the worst air pollution in the nation. The quality of your air (and subsequent grade), however, can be the result of a few things. It may mean that already polluted air is traveling with air currents from nearby states into your area, which worsens local air pollution. But it also may mean that the region has not put strict air pollution control policies in place or is not aggressively enforcing those regulations. Or the bad grade may mean that, despite strict local and state air pollution policies, the region still needs to cut emissions from vehicles and other private and industrial sources (i.e., gasoline-powered lawn equipment, power plants, etc.). Unless emissions d
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