After decades of Clean Air Act progress, air quality is getting worse again.
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the most significant air quality rule in two decades.
Communities of color breathe 38% more hazardous air than white communities.
Air quality improved 77% since the Clean Air Act's 1970 passage.
The path to clean air runs through EV adoption (eliminating 3 billion pounds of annual vehicle exhaust), methane crackdowns (reducing ozone precursors), and stricter industrial permitting. EPA projects the new PM2.5 standard prevents 4,500 premature deaths and 290,000 asthma attacks annually once fully enforced by 2032.