Example Sentences

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“We still have multiple nonattainment zones for ozone and with the hotter summers that we know are coming from climate change, we are at risk of exacerbating this problem.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

But the entire Chicago area has been in nonattainment for both the 2008 and 2015 thresholds, according to the EPA Green Book.

From Scientific American • Nov. 6, 2018

When the amendments to the Clean Air Act were set in 1990, the state had 20 parishes in the nonattainment category for safe ozone levels.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2018

Many industries and site consultants will not even consider moving into areas branded with nonattainment status.

From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2015

San Antonio is “teetering on the edge” of nonattainment, according to Peter Bella, the natural resources director for the Alamo Area Council of Governments, which includes San Antonio.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2011