Air Pollution

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Messer Deprivation vs Title V Emitters

I was surprised by these numbers, I would have thought that more large industrial facilities would be located in low-income Census Tracts with a high level of deprivation of the residents, but it's actually more of a mix, as many plants aren't located in the worse neighborhoods but just outside of city limits. Plus, there are a lot of emitters along the ocean shore line and Manhattan, where the income isn't super low. Plus not all Title V Emitters are as significant of polluters as others.

Messer Deprivation vs Title V Emitters

Aqua – June 29, 2023 Afternoon

Wildfire smoke blankets Central NY, not as a bad locally in the Capital Region.

Notice the blocking on the east, trapping the smoke over CNY, while the Taconics had clouds. This was probably later in the evening yesterday, after the clouds moved to our east, which is why locally it was fairly clear for a while.