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Air Pollution : Challenges and Opportunities

Air Pollution : Challenges and Opportunities. Jim Smith Senior Public Information Officer SFSU Environmental Issues Class February 25, 2011. A long path. …to get here. Challenges remain…. Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: PM. Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: Smog.

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Air Pollution : Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. Air Pollution : Challenges and Opportunities Jim Smith Senior Public Information Officer SFSU Environmental Issues Class February 25, 2011

  2. A long path

  3. …to get here

  4. Challenges remain…

  5. Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: PM

  6. Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution: Smog

  7. Sources of Outdoor Air Pollution : Climate change

  8. Days at or above 99º F and Days Exceeding National 8hr Ozone Standard 20 # days at or above 99F 18 # days at or above the National Ozone standard (85ppb) 16 14 12 Number of Days 10 8 6 4 2 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year A few degrees here and there

  9. Health Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution

  10. It’s not me, it’s the other guy

  11. BAAQMD and CARE • CARE (community air risk evaluation) • Evaluate neighborhood scale impacts • Develop control measures for communities • Target grants to impacted communities

  12. Grant Programs are Reducing Outdoor Air Pollutants • 1,500 trucks at Port of Oakland retrofitted or replaced ($26.5 million) • Shore power at Port of San Francisco and the Port of Oakland ($7 million) • $5 million for EV infrastructure

  13. Opportunities: what California is doing • AB32 and SB 375 • Diesel Fuel Sulfur Reductions (CARB/USEPA) • Significant reductions projected for both locomotives and on and off-road vehicles • 1,100 ppmw in 2005 expected to be 10 ppmw by 2012

  14. Opportunities: what the Air District is doing • Assure the Bay Area stays below federal pollution thresholds (CAP) • Help meet thresholds with grants to reduce pollution • Advance the science of air quality (CARE) • Spare the Air campaigns to encourage pollution reduction • Support employer-based innovation • Support for community-based collaboration • First fee on greenhouse gas emissions in the US • First power plant permit to place limits on greenhouse gas emissions in the US • Clean Air Plan - Energy efficiency, renewable energy, cool roofs, tree planting • CEQA GHG thresholds, guidance & tools - extensive work with local governments • Inter-governmental collaboration - coordination with local governments - coordination with regional governments • Youth climate education

  15. Jim Smithjsmith@baaqmd(415) 749-4631

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