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Air Quality

Public Policy Position

AIR QUALITY

In order to achieve and maintain acceptable air quality the League of Women Voters of Virginia believes:

  • Adoption of the California Standards for low emission vehicles is necessary to achieve and maintain compliance with the Clean Air Act of 1990.
  • Development of less polluting alternative fuels should be a high priority with preference for compressed natural gas, reformulated gasoline, electricity and hydrogen. The total environmental impact of a fuel should be considered, including tail pipe emissions and pollution produced during manufacture and disposal.
  • A change in parking subsidies away from those favoring low occupancy vehicles to those favoring efficient transportation modes, and greater emphasis on local program and regulations encouraging employers to institute transportation management systems which foster efficient transportation modes. (1993)

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