co-author, 'Smogtown'
Freelance journalist and co-author of Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles
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Chip Jacobs
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FROM Chip Jacobs
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
New Smog Rules The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new smog rules today. The stricter standards target smog-producing factories and power plants by limiting how much ozone they can pump into the air. Ozone is the emission that causes smog. Smog, in turn, causes all kinds of health problems: asthma, heart disease, even premature death. And it just so happens that California is the capital of smog in America.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
WHO Smog Report Air pollution is now the single biggest global health hazard, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. Seven million people died worldwide from dirty air in 2012. About half of those deaths came from indoor pollution - from cooking on coal stoves - and most of the deaths from outdoor pollution were in Asia. But air isn’t stagnant... We have some of that dirty air from China here. Plus our own homegrown smog.
Which Way, L.A.?
Lessons in LA's Smog Temperatures are on the rise and the inversion layer's returning to Southern California. All that exhaust from all those cars is staying with us. Does Los Angeles' experience with smog contains lessons for dealing with global warming? We go in search of answers with Chip Jacobs and William Kelly, co-authors of Smogtown : The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles.
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