Maryland Curbs Car Pollution Neighbor States Pollution Drifting into Maryland

Maryland Gets Sick of Downwind Pollution

Amanda Hart

Downwind state

Recent years have brought a new kind of awareness of our environment and our affect on it. Every year, car manufacturers are making new cars that adhere to stricter and healthier guidelines, and they're not the only ones adjusting to the times.

Just about every industry in the country is making improvements, especially manufacturing, transportation and energy. It is a movement which will hopefully not only buy our planet a bit more time, but will also make it healthier to breathe here.

One state that has been on the forefront of environmental consciousness has been Maryland. Unfortunately, it seems even with their efforts they still have their fair share of pollution. It isn't from Maryland's cheap used cars spewing exhaust or from factory smoke stacks; it actually isn't even from Maryland at all.

Apparently they're not too happy about other state's looser pollution standards, since as much as 70% of their pollution is from their neighbor's smog being carried downwind right into Maryland.

The smog stops here

Getting fed up with being bombarded with other state's atmospheric garbage; Maryland is now hinting at taking legal action against their less considerate neighbors. They will also urge the federal government to create stricter standards for the suspected offending states.

Maryland has made a lot of effort in recent years to clean up their state, and they even adopted California's stricter emission laws for their car deals. Even with all the precautions in the industrial industry, their air quality has not improved much.

State wide regulations are not the only effort being made to help clean up our environment. Coinciding with stricter emission and pollution regulations, there are a whole slew of new hybrid vehicles on the way for 2013.

There is still a certain amount of after effects and pollution from the actual manufacturing of these cars, but once they're off the line they pump considerably less toxins into our atmosphere. They are sure to sell well in Maryland and across the country.

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