Open AccessTexas refinery air pollution emissions are being severely underestimated
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo240010
Subject(s) - oil refinery , refinery , environmental science , air pollution , petrochemical , refining (metallurgy) , air quality index , pollutant , pollution , air pollutants , waste management , investment (military) , environmental engineering , engineering , meteorology , geography , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , politics , political science , law , ecology
The Houston‐Galveston‐Brazoria region of southeastern Texas is home to heavy industrial investment in oil refining and petrochemical production. Pollutants emanating from the factories and refineries have repeatedly caused the region to fail national and state‐level tests for air quality and ground‐level ozone.