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Focus on: Improving Air Quality in Overburdened Communities

 
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23-02-020March 2023March 2023
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Author(s) Susan Woodward
Description Under the Climate Commitment Act, Ecology is working on an initiative to reduce criteria air pollution in the Washington communities it most affects. Criteria air pollutants are six common substances known to harm human health and the environment: carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particle pollution, and sulfur dioxide
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Keywords Climate Commitment Act, environmental justice, air pollutants, Overburdened Communities, CCA, criteria air pollutants
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