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1970-the Clean Air Act
1970-National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
1975-Congress set national tailpipe emissions standards to prevent automotive air pollution
1978-Federal ban on chlorofluorocarbons
1987-the Montreal Protocol (UN)
1997-the Kyoto Protocol
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (UN)-research and climate projections
Chapter 15 and 19 vocab sheets
Chapter 15 and 19 practice FRQs
Introduction assignment due
Another air in your area site; Weather Channels Super Polluters
Atmospheric PM pollution (around Hamilton) lab
Acid deposition "lab" activity due
Works in progress by the EPA.......Fast Facts
****Explore the impacts of climate change by region, by sector, and by state
Bozemanscience review videos
College Board tutorials
Ch 15 Air pollution, Smog, Thermal Inversion, and Atmospheric CO2
Air pollutants, Acid Rain, and Noise Pollution
Ch 19 Greenhouse effect and Climate change
AP test
Pollution
A. Pollution Types
1. Air pollution (Sources — primary and secondary; major air pollutants; measurement units; smog; acid deposition — causes and effects; heat islands and
temperature inversions; indoor air pollution; remediation and reduction strategies; Clean Air Act and other relevant laws)
2. Noise pollution (Sources; effects; control measures)
Global Change
A. Stratospheric Ozone
(Formation of stratospheric ozone; ultraviolet radiation; causes of ozone depletion; effects of ozone depletion; strategies for reducing ozone
depletion; relevant laws and treaties)
B. Global Warming
(Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect; impacts and consequences of global warming; reducing climate change; relevant laws and treaties)
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