Smoky air gets cleaner
Published August 18th, 2006 in News, Smoky MountainsUSA Today has a great article on the improving air quality in the Smoky Mountains.
At Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Renfro says, “air quality is improving across all areas since the late 1990s. That’s great news, and we want to stay on that path.”
From 2003 to 2005, for example, the park exceeded ozone standards an average of seven days a year. This year, the park has had eight bad ozone days. During the 1990s, ozone pollution exceeded legal limits about 19 days a year. The drop is due primarily to tougher pollution controls on power plants, Renfro says.
Great news! I hope the air quality continues to improve.