Smog and sunshine the surprising story of how Los Angeles cleaned up its air Ann Carlson

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carlson, Ann E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution--California--Los Angeles--History.

Air.

Air quality management--California--Los Angeles--History.

Air quality management.

Environmental law--California--Los Angeles--History.

Environmental law.

Environmentalism--California--Los Angeles.

Environmentalism.

Smog--Environmental aspects--California--Los Angeles.

Smog.

Air--Pollution--History.

Environmental law--History.

California.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California University of California Press [2026]

Summary:

A stirring account of one of our greatest environmental success stories: cleaning up Southern California's air. Los Angeles and smog have been synonymous for decades. From the 1940s through the 1980s, children breathed air so heavy with lead that their blood was poisoned with it. In 1970 officials declared smog alerts on 235 days. But the last smog alert happened in 2003, and lead has virtually disappeared from the air. This i.

Contents:

Setting the stage

Just how bad was L.A. smog before the Clean Air Act?

The Los Angeles Times and the Tucker Report

It's the cars, stupid!

Denial, delay, and deception

Air pollution goes national

The catalytic converter

California gets a little help from its friends

Everything pollutes

Environmental injustice

Diesel cars and trucks

Don't mess with our cars

What cleaning up Southern California's air can teach us about climate change

Where do we go from here?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

CIP data and print version record

Other Format:

Print version Carlson, Ann E. Smog and sunshine

ISBN:

0520387406

9780520387409

OCLC:

1581573491

Publisher Number:

CIPO000355556

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license