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  2. National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Wikipedia

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    US counties that are designated "nonattainment" for the Clean Air Act's NAAQS, as of September 30, 2017. The U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, pronounced / ˈ n æ k s / naks) are limits on atmospheric concentration of six pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards. [1]

  3. List of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions

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    This is a list of U.S. states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions for energy use, [1] [2] as well as per capita [3] [4] and by area. [5] The state with the highest total carbon dioxide emissions is Texas and the lowest is Vermont. The state with the highest per capita carbon dioxide emissions is Wyoming and the lowest is New York.

  4. Environmental issues in Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    2015 Tbilisi flood. Situated in the South Caucasus Region bordered by the Black Sea to the West, the Russian Federation to the North, Azerbaijan to the East, Turkey to the Southwest, and Armenia to the South, Georgia is a small country supplied with profitable natural resources, heavenly scenes, copious water assets, rich living spaces, and ecosystems that are of local and worldwide significance.

  5. Non-attainment area - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Non-Attainment Areas for ozone pollution in June 2007. In United States environmental law, a non-attainment area is an area that exceeds pollution limits for one or more criteria pollutants: ozone (O 3), atmospheric particulate matter (PM 2.5 /PM 10), lead (Pb), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur oxides (SO x), and nitrogen oxides (NO x). [1]

  6. Air pollutant concentrations - Wikipedia

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    Notes: 1 atm = absolute pressure of 101.325 kPa or 1.01325 bar; mol = gram mole and kmol = 1000 gram moles Pollution regulations in the United States typically reference their pollutant limits to an ambient temperature of 20 to 25 °C as noted above.

  7. 'Scary' Chemical Plant Fire Sends Chlorine Into Air, Forcing ...

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    A fire broke out at the BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga., on Sept. 29. About 17,000 people have evacuated in Rockdale County, with businesses being asked to close until the shelter-in-place is lifted

  8. Useful conversions and formulas for air dispersion modeling

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    Pollution regulations in the United States typically reference their pollutant limits to an ambient temperature of 20 to 25 °C as noted above. In most other nations, the reference ambient temperature for pollutant limits may be 0 °C or other values. 1 percent by volume = 10,000 ppmv (i.e., parts per million by volume).

  9. Georgia Power facing lawsuits over pollution concerns ...

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    As Georgia Power prepares to shutter a massive Middle Georgia coal power plant over the next decade, it also faces several lawsuits from residents over the plant’s impact on their drinking water.