According to this article from CNN, LA is no longer the dirtiest, sootiest city in America.
The American Lung Association named Pittsburgh, PA, as the No. 1 sootiest city. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the city has spent years trying to avoid the reputation of being the “Smoky City”:
“According to the association’s annual national report card on air pollution that’s being released today, the five-county Pittsburgh metropolitan area has the worst 24-hour soot levels and the second-worst annual soot level, behind Los Angeles.”
Some believe that it isn’t necessarily that Pittsburgh’s air has decreased in quality, but that Los Angeles’ air has improved - good news for them, bad news for Pittsburgh.
Oklahoma, according to the report, received varying grades from A to F for air quality. Tulsa and Oklahoma counties both received an F grade. Strangely, Cleveland County received an A grade - despite being right by Oklahoma County. I’m not sure how to explain that disparity.
Take a look at The State of the Air report and see what you think.
- Linds