Environmental Protection Agency: The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act

The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act provides a brief introduction to the 1990 Clean Air Act.

The 1990 Clean Air Act is the most recent version of a law first passed in 1970 to clean up air pollution. This summary covers some of the important provisions of the 1990 Clean Air Act and may help you understand what is in the law and how it may affect you.

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The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act (PDF)(27 pp, 1 MB, April 2007, EPA-456/K-07-001)

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Science Topics

Conservation & Sustainability, Pollution

Social Studies Topics

Government and Political Science

Middle School

6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Air Pollution, STEM Legislation

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Environmental Protection Agency: Air Topics

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Learn how air pollution can harm your health and the environment, and what EPA is doing to protect the air we breathe.

https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/air-topics

Environmental Protection Agency: Acid Rain Program

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The Acid Rain Program (ARP), established under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments requires major emission reductions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), the primary precursors of acid rain, from the power sector.

https://www.epa.gov/acidrain/acid-rain-program

Environmental Protection Agency: Addressing Ozone Layer Depletion

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As part of the United States’ commitment to implementing the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, Congress amended the Clean Air Act to add provisions (under Title VI) for protecting the ozone layer.

https://www.epa.gov/ozone-layer-protection/addressing-ozone-layer-depletion