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  2. Pollution in California - Wikipedia

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    A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...

  3. List of California air districts - Wikipedia

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    The California Air Pollution Control District Act of 1947 allowed 1 or more counties to form air pollution districts. [5] [6] The California Bay Area Pollution Control Act of 1955 created the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District. [5] [7] The California Mulford-Carrell Air Resources Act of 1967 resulted in the creation of 11 air basins. [5] [8]

  4. This map shows Californians where to find Clean Air Centers ...

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    To be considered a Clean Air Center and earn its place on the map, MacPherson said the facility must have a system with a filtration rating of at least MERV 13, which can capture at least 50% of ...

  5. Bay Area Air Quality Management District - Wikipedia

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    The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) is a public agency that regulates the stationary sources of air pollution in the nine counties of California's San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, southwestern Solano, and southern Sonoma. The BAAQMD is governed by a 24-member ...

  6. South Coast Air Quality Management District - Wikipedia

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    The South Coast Air Quality Management District, also using the acronym South Coast (AQMD), formed in 1976, is the air pollution agency responsible for regulating stationary sources of air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin and the Coachella Valley portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin, in Southern California.

  7. California and other Western states see spikes in unhealthy ...

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    Around one-third of people in the U.S. live with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association. Wildfires are causing more short-term spikes.

  8. South Coast Air Basin - Wikipedia

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    The South Coast Air Basin—SCAB (or SoCAB) is one of several regional air basin areas designated by the state of California, for the purpose of air quality management and air pollution control in Southern California. The SCAB district was created in 1969.

  9. Southern California gets $500 million from the EPA to fight ...

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Southern California air regulators nearly $500 million in federal funding to electrify the region's bustling goods movement, the largest grant the ...