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1. www.laalmanac.com › environment › ev01bAir Quality Days by Year for Los Angeles County, California

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   Annual Air Quality Los Angeles County Air Quality Days by Year, 1980 - 2023. Downtown Los Angeles skyline looking northeast. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. As bad a reputation as Los Angeles County has had with air pollution (not undeserved in light of its history), it ranked in 2023 behind two dozen other U.S. counties with a higher number of ...

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4. www.businessinsider.com › vintage-photos-losVintage Photos Show Los Angeles Before the EPA Regulated ...

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   Jun 17, 2023 · Before the EPA, the US environment was not federally protected. Here are 35 vintage photos showing Los Angeles before regulations limited the damage.

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5. www.pbssocal.org › history-society › how-los-angelesHow Los Angeles Began to Put its Smoggy Days Behind

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   Feb 13, 2012 · After all, NRDC President Frances Beinecke writes of traveling to Los Angeles in the 1970s, "when the air hit unhealthy levels of pollution more than 200 days a year." And this New York Times infographic shows decreasing area pollution woes from 1984 to 2004.

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   Will Los Angeles' air quality future be clear?

   • But the city's air quality future is far from clear. Los Angeles reactive pollutant program, a multi-agency air pollution research study in 1973. EPA Source: Washington Post The 2018 National Climate Assessment warned that "climate change will worsen existing air pollution levels."

   Vintage Photos Show Los Angeles Before the EPA Regulated Pollution

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   Does Los Angeles have a bad air quality?

   • In spite of dramatic reductions from both auto and industry emissions, the metropolitan Los Angeles area still has the worst air quality in the nation. Photo courtesy of California Air Resources Board. "The oil industry for the first time felt threatened," Boyd said.

   50 Years of Progress

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   Did Los Angeles have a smog problem in 1958?

   • A motorcyclist in Los Angeles prepares to turn while driving along a street that's engulfed in a thick haze of fog and smog in 1958. Bettmann / Getty Los Angeles has had air pollution problems since before smog was a term. In 1943, smog covered the city so thickly that residents thought they were under a chemical attack.

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   Is it possible to achieve air quality standards in Los Angeles?

   • In spite of progress in cleaning the air, businesses and even air quality regulators at the time generally believed it was impossible to achieve air quality standards in Los Angeles. The problem was too severe, the cost of cleanup prohibitive and the technology needed was nowhere in sight, they said.

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7. www.aqmd.gov › home › research50 Years of Progress

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   On Oct. 14, 1947, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors established the nation's first air pollution control program by creating the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District. This year, 1997, marks the 50th anniversary of an epic war on smog that has been characterized by continual progress. The following is the complete text of ...

8. laist.com › news › climate-environmentThe Heavy History Of Smog In Los Angeles | LAist

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   Jan 8, 2024 · But the fight for clean air is far from over as Los Angeles still remains one of the worst-air-polluted cities in the country. What brought the smog? People initially blamed the smog on a gas ...

9. www.pbssocal.org › shows › lost-laL.A.'s Smoggy Past, in Photos | Lost LA | Food & Discovery ...

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   Mar 17, 2011 · When air pollution reached its worst levels in Los Angeles during the 1940s, the University of Southern California (USC) concerned itself with air pollution research. In this photo from the USC University Archives , two smog researchers use a plastic helmet and suit:

10. www.ccair.org › cca-decades-of-impact-the-1980sCCA: Decades of Impact – The 1980s - Coalition for Clean Air

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    Dec 8, 2023 · CCA: Decades of Impact – The 1980s. Posted on December 7, 2023 by Jordan Brazil. Air quality in California is a tale of challenge and progress, obstacle and victory. For over five decades, the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) has been at the forefront of this fight, working tirelessly to clear the skies and ensure healthier air for all Californians.