We can’t afford to wait for healthy air
Healthy air standards for home heating equipment would deliver healthier air in a region that has failed to meet health-protective federal air quality standards for over 30 years!
17+ million people breathe some of America's most polluted air in the South Coast Air Basin.
But a healthier future is within reach: The South Coast Air Quality Management District can clean up a significant source of smog-forming NOx pollution by passing standards that require manufacturers to gradually ramp up the sale of pollution-free technologies like heat pumps for space and water heating.
The Scale of the Problem
Methane gas-burning equipment in the South Coast Air Basin generates:
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Seven times more NOx pollution than the region’s power plants.
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More NOx pollution than regional oil and gas production, refining, cement manufacturing, and power generation combined.
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$2 billion each year in health impacts like lost school days, asthma attacks, and premature death.
