Cover -- PROTECTING CLEAN AIR: PREVENTING POLLUTION -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 AIR CONTAMINANTS AND THEIR SOURCES -- 2.1 NATURAL AIR CONTAMINATION SOURCES -- 2.2 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - ITS ENERGY NEEDS AND PRODUCTS -- 2.2.1 THE PROCESS OF BURNING...

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and its gaseous precursors travel long distances, crossing state boundaries. The “good neighbor” provisions of the Clean Air Act require the U.S. EPA and States to address the cross-state transport of air pollution that affects states' ability to attain the...

This paper examines the role of environmental taxes in reducing air pollution. Using unique satellite data to observe area-wide levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), we leverage an emission tax introduction in 2013 in the Comunidad Valenciana. We find that this environmental tax reduced NO2 levels...