Welcome to the new Energy Central — same great community, now with a smoother experience. To login, use your Energy Central email and reset your password.

John Benson
John Benson
Expert Member
Top Contributor

The Air We Breathe, Part 4

the_air_we_breathe_pt_4.pdf
603.52KB

This is a needed update of Parts 1 through 3 of this series that was originally posted in late 2022. This update was triggered by an editorial in the March 7 issue of Science Magazine. The article dealt with the shortcomings in the US Air Quality Index (AQI) a standard that is used world-wide to measure air quality.

In doing additional research on-line, I found several interesting recent developments:

  • The previous (Biden) administration was attempting update the current AQI
  • The current (Trump) administration was attempting to make the current AQI “more flexible.”