Up to 70 percent of Maryland\u2019s air pollution is from smog generated by coal-burning power plants, vehicles and industries carried on westerly winds from the Ohio River Valley along the I-95 corridor. No matter what the Old Line State does to clean up its homegrown air contamination, this blowback means Maryland will continue to violate federal standards for ground-level ozone pollution set by the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s despite any measures taken by the state, such as the Maryland Healthy Air Act and Maryland Clean Cars Program. While a 2012 study showed the state\u2019s air quality has improved, recent measures of smog are at levels that already contravene those federal requirements, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.<\/p>\n
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