Clean Air Act dramatically cut vehicle air pollution, but equity a concern

December 5, 2022

The 1972 Clean Air Act has driven spectacular decreases in pollution from U.S. passenger vehicles but poses a challenge for pollution policy in poor communities, according to the first comprehensive study of air pollution exhaust standards, by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, San Diego; and the University of Pennsylvania, including ITS affiliate James Sallee, an associate professor of agricultural and resource economic and Joseph Shapiro, an associate professor of agricultural and resource economics at the Rausser College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley.

Read the full story on the Rausser College of Natrual Resources website: https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2022/12/clean-air-act-dramatically-cut-...

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