Criteria Pollutant
A pollutant determined to be hazardous to human health and regulated under EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards. [Source: EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/airquality/urbanair/]
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A pollutant determined to be hazardous to human health and regulated under EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards. [Source: EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/airquality/urbanair/]
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One CCA is a permit to emit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCO2e), a measurement of greenhouse gases.
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An environmental policy tool that controls large amounts of emissions from a group of sources. Cap and trade programs set a cap, or limit, on emissions. Allowances for emissions are then traded among sources. The intent is to create economic market forces that drive cost-effective reductions of emissions. [Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) website] California’s
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The estimated carbon content of combusted fossil fuels representing the maximum potential emissions to the atmosphere if all carbon in the fuel were to be oxidized during combustion. [Source: Annex 2 Methodology and Data for Estimating CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2010, 2012; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
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