Figure 7-15 Indexes of Key Air Pollutant Emissions from U.S. Transportation: 1990-2014
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Index: 1990 = 1.0
Indices | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Particulate Matter - PM 2.5 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.72 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.55 |
Particulate Matter - PM 10 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.68 |
Nitrous oxide - NOx | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.01 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.54 |
Volatile organic compounds - VOC | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.33 |
Sulfur dioxide - SO2 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 1.16 | 1.03 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 0.58 | 0.38 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.11 |
Carbon Monoxide | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.28 |
Ammonia - NH3 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.39 | 1.45 | 1.61 | 1.56 | 1.45 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.60 |
SOURCE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Emissions Inventory Air Pollutant Emissions Trends Data, 1970-2014, Average Annual Emissions All Criteria Pollutants, Available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/trends/index.html as of June 2015.