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In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone layer. Are there lessons we can apply to tackling climate change?
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The ozone layer is a thin shield in the stratosphere that protects humans and the environment from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is issuing an Ozone Action Day for the San Antonio area today, as temperatures climb to the 100s.According…
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About 17 million Texans live in areas that consistently have unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution. That figure comes from the American Lung…
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Despite the area's years-long efforts to lower emissions, Bexar County fell short of meeting the Environmental Protection Agency's new clean air…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given San Antonio a pass on air pollution until spring of 2018. But in a letter to Governor Greg Abbott last…
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For years, San Antonio and its surrounding areas have been bordering on failure to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.A new report on local…
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San Antonio's air quality is unacceptable by Environmental Protection Agency standards. Measurements taken at one site in San Antonio shows unacceptable…
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The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is lowering the acceptable amount of ground-level ozone from 75 parts per billion to 70 ppb.The…
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San Antonio has for years been the sole major Texas city in compliance with federal regulations on air quality. That could change soon, as the federal…