Annotated Bibliography

Primary
Donora, Pa., 1948. N.d. Photograph.
I used this photograph to show what the 1948 Donora, PA air pollution inversion looked
like. It helped me understand how alike fog and smog look, but when it comes to health, they are
two very different things.

The George Washington Bridge in heavy smog. View toward the New Jersey side of
the Hudson River. May, 1973. Moms Clean Air Force. Moms Clean Air Force,
n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2015.
I used this photo to show just how much air pollution was in the air. It helped me
understand what some people went through.

Bird, David. "Gains Are Found across New York a Decade after the Clean Air Act."
New York Times: n. pag. Print.
I used this newspaper from February 11, 1979 to prove that the Clean Air Act has greatly
impacted our country starting just a decade after the original Clean Air Act was passed. It helped
me understand that the Clean Air Act has been cleaning our country's air for decades.

Bush, George. "Statement on Signing the Bill Amending the Clean Air Act."
Speech.
I used this speech to show what some of the goals of the 1990 CAA amendments were. It
helped me understand how effective the amendment should be.

Kenworthy, E. W. "A Clean-Air Bill Passed by House." New York Times 11 June
1970: n. pag. Print.
I was able to get information about the 1970 Clean Air Act amendments from this
newspaper. It helped me understand how many people were for the CAA at the time.
Los Angeles, 1958. N.d. Photograph. Smog-shrouded view of downtown Los Angeles, looking
toward City Hall and the Hall of Justice, on October 7, 1968. Herald-Examiner Collection photo
courtesy of The Los Angeles Public Library. N.d. Photograph.
I used this photograph to show that air pollution was almost everywhere. It helped me
understand how air pollution looked like fog.

___. Man selling fresh clean desert air for 50 cents a balloon full in front of
Loew's State Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 22, 1954. KCET. KCET, n.d. Web.
15 Feb. 2016.
I used this picture to show how rare clean air was in some places. It helped me
understand why the CAA was needed.

Secondary
"The Clean Air Act." Union of Concerned Scientists Science for a healthy planet
and safer world. Union of Concerned Scientists, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2015.
I used this website to help me write my thesis. It helped me understand how the Clean Air
Act impacted America.

"Clean Air Act Timeline." acslpa. acspla, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2016.
I used the information from this website in my Lasting Impacts paragraph. This source
helped me understand the chain of events that strengthened the act.

"Clean Air Act, United States." The Encyclopedia of Earth. Encyclopedia of

Earth, 2012. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.
I used this website to help me write when the Clean Air Act was amended. This website
also helped me understand what the Clean Air Act does.

EPA Logo. N.d. Photograph.

I used this picture to show what the EPA logo is.

"EPA Unveils Long-Awaited Regulations to Make New Wood Heaters Burn 80 Percent
Cleaner." Climate Progress. CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND, n.d.
 Web. 8 Feb. 2016.
I used this website to write a paragraph about new regulations. It helped me understand
that even after the Clean Air Act had been amended, there were still other ways to reduce air
pollution. I also got a graph from this website that shows how much air pollution stoves,
fireplaces, and furnaces give off.

"The History of Air Quality." University of Houston Clear Water. U Of

Houston-Clear Lake, 2012. Web. 3 Dec. 2015.
I used the information from this website to make a timeline of air pollution incidents and
legislation passed in the 1900s. This source helped me understand how many people died
because of air pollution.

Lawrence, Ellen. Dirty Air. New York City: Kenn Goin, n.d. Print.
This book helped me expand my research and learn about acid rain. It also helped me
understand what acid rain is and how it is formed.

The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act. N.p.: EPA, 1993. Print.
I used this book to write about effects of air pollution. This book helped me understand
what the Clean Air Act does.

"Water and Air Pollution." History. Parent Organization A+E Networks, n.d. Web.
23 Nov. 2015.
I used this website to get some background information on how some smog is formed. It
helped me understand how severe air pollution was in some places.

"What Is the Clean Air Act." Clean Air Trust. Clean Air Trust, 1999. Web. 23
Nov. 2015.
I used this website to write about what the CAA does. It helped me understand how well
the Clean Air Act has cleaned the air.

"What is the Clean Air Act?" EPA United States Environmental Protection
 Agency. United States Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 13
Jan. 2016.
I used information from this website in the paragraphs Clean Air Act Roles and
Responsibilities. It helped me understand when the EPA was created and how over time it
evolved. I also found information on this website that I used to write about challenges facing the
clean air act.