Ozone smog may very well be a thing of the past, according to recent reports from the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
But that doesn’t mean Californians can breathe a sigh of relief.
We sat down with Tom Cahill, professor emeritus of physics and atmospheric sciences at UC Davis, to talk about the past, present and future of California’s air quality.
According to Prof. Cahill:
California is a unique state. We have to take charge of our own air. We’re the only state in the nation that can set our own rules. And the state itself is in various pieces…We have to be more specific for each standard is designed to solve the problem efficiently.
- Brief biographical note for Thomas Cahill at the University of California at Davis
- “UC Davis team to analyze smoke, dust” San Francisco Chronicle
- “Asia’s Wind-Borne Pollution a Hazardous Export to U.S.,” Los Angeles Times, via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- “In California’s Central Valley, pesticide fight heats up,” USA Today
- Californians For Pesticide Reform, “a statewide coalition of more than 175 organizations, founded in 1996 to shift… the way pesticides are used in California.”
- EPA Air Trends
- California Air Resources Board
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