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How has air quality been affected by the US fracking boom?

  • Written by Gunnar W. Schade, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
imageFracking has led to an increase in truck traffic, one of the reasons for worsening trends on air quality in areas with oil and gas drilling.AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

Urban air pollution in the U.S. has been decreasing near continuously since the 1970s.

Federal regulations, notably the Clean Air Act passed by President Nixon, to reduce toxic air...

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