Now: “Thermal Inversion Freedom Tower,” March 2013.
By Arthur Zuco
Imagine standing on the banks of the Hudson River, air so thick with smog you can barely make out the massive pillars of the George Washington Bridge. Cars zoom past you fueled by leaded gasoline. A faint sound of music wafts through the air.
Wait. Is that disco music?
Though many communities still face a variety of air quality issues, our nation’s air quality has steadily improved since 1970. In all those years, many would claim that cleaning up our air would come at the expense of economic growth.
Yet, in the same period of time, gross domestic product is up almost 250 percent and aggregate emissions are down 70 percent. So why bring all this – and the nightmarish memories of platform shoes and leisure suits – up now?
Well, EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation recently released its annual AirTrends Report 2016, which tracks air quality data and trends through 2015.
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