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Title: Natural Gas: A Solution For Air Quality Problems
Author: Richard D. Farman
Source: American Gas Association 1990
Year Published: 1990
Abstract: I want to discuss the indispensable role of natural gas distribution in bringing solutions to problems faced by the areas we serve and the need for us to be active participants in such efforts. This need is especially acute for natural gas utilities, such as Southern California Gas Company, which serve the urban areas of this country. Our viability as institutions is dependent upon the health of our service areas. We need to be vigorous participants in public-private partnerships to sustain the increasingly fragile fabric of our urban areas. We have unique skills and resources to be problem solvers. We are, and must continue to be, part of the solutions to the problems of our respective communities. Clearly, this is the case in the life-sustaining efforts to improve the quality of the air we breathe. It is this challenge-clean air-on which 1 want to focus my remarks. There is no region in this country whose very name has become as synonymous with dirty air, and the effort to cope with it, as has Los Angeles. Smogville has replaced Tinsel Town as a frequent nickname for our city and our region. This is no surprise Southern California suffers from the worst air pollution problem in the nation, exceeding federal air quality standards more than any other city. The extent and nature of the air pollution problem is due to a combination of factors:

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