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What's driving Salt Lake City's downward emissions trends?

Emissions of two major pollutants have steadily decreased on Salt Lake City roads over the past two decades, while levels of carbon dioxide emissions, a related gas blamed for climate change, remained steady, according to a new study by University of Utah atmospheric scientists conducted in partners...

What's driving Salt Lake City's downward emissions trends?
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Emissions of two major pollutants have steadily decreased on Salt Lake City roads over the past two decades, while levels of carbon dioxide emissions, a related gas blamed for climate change, remained steady, according to a new study by University of Utah atmospheric scientists conducted in partnership with the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The research is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

Originally published at Phys.org

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