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Los Angeles began the year with a 21-day stretch of smog-free days. However, the year 2020 will instead go down as one of Southern California’s smoggiest in decades.

@tonybarboza has the story at latimes.com/california/sto…
Once the air-cleansing March weather went away, the region plunged into a late spring and summer with intense heat waves that contributed to the worst ozone pollution readings and highest number of bad air days since the mid-1990s.

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In all, this year saw 157 bad air days for ozone pollution.

“There’s no sugarcoating it, this was a really, really bad ozone year,” said Philip Fine, a deputy executive officer for the South Coast Air Quality Management District.

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The exceptionally poor air quality adds to a years-long trend of faltering progress reducing ozone pollution, which triggers asthma attacks and other health problems.

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Extreme temperatures were a big reason why the air was so dirty. More than any fluctuation in emissions, heat is often what determines whether air quality will be unhealthy on any given day.

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Reducing ozone pollution requires carefully balanced cuts in two main smog-forming pollutants — combustion gases called nitrogen oxides and chemical vapors and solvents called volatile organic compounds.

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See more on what led to this year’s bad air quality and what steps officials are taking to reduce smog at latimes.com/california/sto…

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@phila_lex, @ronlin, @jackdolanLAT and @tcurwen have the latest at latimes.com/california/sto…
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