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Article: Nitrogen oxide emissions falling: TVA official says statewide ozone down nearly one-third .
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- Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)
- Article date:
- May 18, 2006
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Byline: Ian Berry
May 18--OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- Emissions of a key summertime ozone ingredient will decrease statewide by 29 percent between 1999 and 2007, according to a Tennessee Valley Authority official. The drop in nitrogen oxide stems largely from a decrease in emissions from the agency's power plants, TVA researcher Cassandra Wylie told a conference on air quality here. She said she's optimistic the decrease is corresponding with a reduction in groundlevel ozone, a pollutant linked to respiratory problems. But she and other officials from TVA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and local governments said it's not proven the efforts ...