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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes annually a National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report; the latest issue online at this writing was for 1998:

National Air Quality and Emissions Trends Report

( http://www.epa.gov/oar/aqtrnd98/ )
The overview document National Air Pollutant Emission Trends, 1900-1998 is online at

The overview document National Air Pollutant Emission Trends, 1900-1998

( http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/trends/trends98.browse.html )
Comprehensive data on ozone and the underlying scientific issues are available through the Environmental Protection Agency at

Environmental Protection Agency

( http://www.epa.gov/docs/ozone/science/ )
The EPA also has a fact sheet on "Your car air conditioner and the CFC-12 Production Ban" at

"Your car air conditioner and the CFC-12 Production Ban"

( http://www.epa.gov/docs/ozone/title6/609/cons2.html )
USGS Open-File Report 96-0346 (see Lynch et al. in the reference list) analyzes effects of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 and is found online at

USGS Open-File Report 96-0346

( http://water.usgs.gov/public/pubs/acidrain/ )
USGS booklet "Acid Rain and Our Nation's Capital" is at

"Acid Rain and Our Nation's Capital"

( http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/acidrain/ )
More comprehensive USGS information on acid rain is at

USGS information on acid rain

( http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ACID_RAIN )
More comprehensive USGS information on acid rain is at

USGS information on acid rain

( http://bqs.usgs.gov/acidrain/index.htm )
Links to a variety of a zone-related information are available from NASA via

Links to a variety of a zone-related information

( http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/Resources/FAQs/ozone.html )
Maps of satellite ozone measurements for specific dates are available at

Maps of satellite ozone measurements for specific dates

( http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/eptoms/ep.html )
The 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientists Paul Crutzen, Mario Molnia, and F. Sherwood Rowland for their research in atmospheric chemistry particularly as related to ozone. The citation can be viewed online at

1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

( http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/nobel.html )
For real-time maps of UV dosage (regional or global) and many ozone-related sites, see

Real-time maps of UV dosage

( http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone )
Links to laws relating to acid rain, including transboundary issues, are available at

Links to laws relating to acid rain, including transboundary issues

( http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/ )





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