Controlling Air Pollution and Emissions
Controlling Air Pollution and Emissions
October 26, 2017, Lakewood, Colorado – It is well known that air pollution in the U.S. is a major concern and the EPA has taken steps to improve America’s air quality. Between 1980 and 2016, gross domestic product increased 158 percent, vehicle miles traveled increased 111 percent, energy consumption increased 25 percent, and U.S. population grew by 42 percent. During the same time, total emissions of the six principal air pollutants dropped by 67 percent. The graph also shows that between 1980 and 2015, CO2 emissions increased by 15 percent.1
This graph shows that the strides that the EPA and other agencies committed to reducing pollution are making a difference.
In 2015, Google collaborated with a tech company and unleashed a pair of Google Street View cars with mobile labs inside them in the streets of a California neighborhood. The goals were to measure nitrogen dioxide, black carbon, and nitric oxide in the air, street by street. This data gives those concerned solid evidence to fight with to reduce pollution and back strategies to do so.2
Mesa Labs
Mesa supports clean air initiatives and offers various types of equipment that uses BGI pioneering technology to meet and exceed the requirements for ambient particulate sampling dictated by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency.
You can do your part to reduce emissions and pollution throughout your community as well.
Sources:
1 https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/air-quality-national-summary
About Mesa Labs and the Author
Mesa Laboratories, Inc. is a growing, highly profitable public company based in Denver, CO. Mesa develops, manufactures and markets, high-quality process validation and monitoring instruments and consumables. From Fortune 500 companies, to high tech start-ups, Mesa Lab’s products are used to assure product quality, control manufacturing processes, and to solve problems in niche markets in healthcare, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical and food processing applications. Mesa Lab’s products are characterized by technical excellence and superior industry reputations.
About the author:
Nikki Wolf
Nikki Wolf joined Mesa in June of 2016 as a Marketing Specialist for all product lines. As a marketing specialist, Nikki is responsible for developing and creating content for all social media channels, managing Mesa Lab’s tradeshow presence and participation, and writing content for Mesa’s website, blogs, newsletters, and press releases. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Wolf provided marketing services in several industries, including contract manufacturing, sustainability services, optics, medical, and finance. Nikki received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Leadership and Organizational Studies and her Master of Professional Studies in Public Relations and Marketing from University of Denver.
