Be Air Aware: An Air Pollution Education Program for Non-Formal Educators. Downloadable Educator’s Guide PDF. A 3-part lesson series for non-formal educators. Includes standards.
In these two activities, students will explore two consequences of burning fossil fuels: air pollution and the greenhouse effect.
In one of Mexico’s most polluted cities, high school students Jesús Martinez, José Elizalde and Fernando Sanchez invent a paint that can remove pollutants from the air, which takes them all the way to the world-famous ISEF science fair.
Learn how air pollution can harm your health and the environment, and what EPA is doing to protect the air we breathe.
The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act provides a brief introduction to the 1990 Clean Air Act.
The Earth’s ozone layer protects all life from the sun’s harmful radiation, but human activities have damaged this shield.
Reduced ozone levels as a result of ozone depletion mean less protection from the sun’s rays and more exposure to UVB radiation at the Earth’s surface.
This page provides information on compounds recognized as ozone-depleting substances (ODS) under the Montreal Protocol.
The Atmospheric and Health Effects Framework (AHEF) model is used by the EPA to evaluate human health effects associated with a depleted stratospheric ozone layer.
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.
In the atmosphere, methyl bromide depletes the ozone layer and allows increased ultraviolet radiation to reach the earth’s surface.
New production and import of most HCFCs were phased out as of 2020.