Mayor Garcetti’s plan to have ' zero days of unhealthy air quality by 2025' relied on an outdated measure of whether the air in the nation’s worst-polluted metropolis is safe to breathe.
Reducing ozone pollution to 80 ppb is certainly more achievable, especially within Los Angeles, which already has lower smog levels and fewer bad air days than communities farther inland. But describing that as zero unhealthful days gave the unrealistic impression that L.A. smog could be eliminated within a few years.
“The Green New Deal is a living plan — and we should always be open to clarifying the work ahead,” Lauren Faber O’Connor, the city’s chief sustainability officer, wrote in an email."Our air quality goals have always been aligned with the U.S. EPA ozone standards for Southern California.”Last year, Los Angeles County experienced 90 days that violated the current 70-ppb standard, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
The stubborn resurgence of Southern California smog has raised the stakes in the fight against air pollution. After decades of improvements, ozone levels are once again increasing amid hotter, smog-trapping weather and inadequate emissions reductions.
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