EPA Data Shows Air Quality Continues To Improve In Spite Of Eco-Fearmongering

The average emissions of six major pollutants in the U.S. remained unchanged from 2016 levels to 2017, the latest edition of the Environmental Protection Agency’s report on national emissions data reveals.

The report tracks broad changes in air quality in the United States by calculating average emissions from the most common pollutants every year. U.S. emissions have declined significantly over time, about 73 percent from 1970 to 2017, according to the report released Tuesday.

“Through federal and state implementation of the Clean Air Act and technological advances in the private sector, America has achieved one of the great public-private successes of our time – dramatically improving air quality and public health while simultaneously growing the nation’s population and economy,” EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement. “This report details a remarkable achievement that should be recognized, celebrated, and replicated around the world. A 73 percent reduction in any other social ill, such as crime, disease, or drug addiction, would lead the evening news.”

The EPA’s 2016 “Our Nation’s Air” report, an earlier edition of the emissions study, shows that from 1970 to 2016, emissions from the most common pollutants decreased 73 percent. That broad calculation remained unchanged in the recent report on emissions in 2017.

The U.S. economy has roughly tripled in growth, including higher energy production, more vehicles on the road and a larger population in the same amount of time, according to the EPA.

Emissions of sulfur dioxide and fine particular matter decreased year to year from 2016 to 2017. Those gains were tempered by increased pollution from lead and course particular matter over the same timeframe. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ground-level ozone emissions remained stable.

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