Three Section Notes (Part 1)

Thesis: Air pollution in Tacoma should be noticed in order to find a solution to their pollution.
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Article: US Oil and Refining Co. in Tacoma, WA settles with federal and local air authorities for Clean Air Act Violations
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Main Idea: Air emissions from factories in Tacoma have been unsafe.
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Evidence: "The Tacoma Refinery, which can process over 39,000 barrels [of oil] per day, had a range of Clean Air Act violations between 1993 and 2006".

Craig Kenworthy, an executive director of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, states in the above article that " large operations like US Oil must comply with the standards that protect the health of the people in the region" (Kenworthy).
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Response: The PSCAA set the standard for how much pollutants a factory in the Puget Sound can release into the air and maintain a safety of breathable air. And since the Tacoma Refinery has been going against their standards, it proves that the air pollution in Tacoma caries a health risk.

Now this is just one factory. But if you were to overlook Tacoma on a hill, and Tacoma IS on a hill, you could see smoke stacks and cranes by the harbor. Which means that there are multiple factories. And it's possible that they have contributed to Tacoma's air pollution.
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Article: A Meta Analysis of the Effect of Environmental Contamination and Positive Amenities on residential Real Estate Values
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Main Idea: Pollution decreases the value of houses.
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Evidence: In the sixth paragraph, about the study conducted by Smith and Huang (1995), they found agencies would be more willing to pay for an estate for each unit reduction in air quality.
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Response: People's homes in Tacoma are in a spot of air pollution, thus it is reducing the value of their house or their apartment or their condominium.

Although my first article talks about factories while my last article talks about estates being affected, the point remains that some help is needed for Tacoma's air.