Posted by
Defend America on Monday, March 15, 2010 6:38:03 PM
The Air is Getting Cleaner: But the Media are Nowhere to be Seen
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) quietly released their annual report on air quality trends.
You would never know it from picking up a newspaper or reading news
websites, but the report contains great news. Air quality in the United
States has dramatically improved and, according to all indicators, it
will continue to improve.
The Good News—the Air is Getting Cleaner
The report can be summed up with this graphic from EPA:
...
GDP, vehicle miles traveled, population, and energy consumption have
all increased since 1990. But despite the fact that more people are
using more energy to produce more goods and services, air pollution
emissions have decreased.
EPA reports that air quality has improved for the six main air pollutants:
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/03/12/the-air-is-getting-cleaner-but-the-media-are-nowhere-to-be-seen/