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California CARB Pollution Mapping Tool

Description

This is a comprehensive tool that allows users to query, locate, and view GHG, criteria, and air toxics emissions. The tool includes maps, charts, and tables, and allows for visualization of trends over time. The tool allows users to display community vulnerability data. Maps and data are downloadable.

Questions this resource can help answer

What are the trends in emissions for facilities near my city?
What are the largest contributors to emissions in census tracts that are in the highest vulnerability percentiles?

How do I use this resource?

There are many features to this tool. To get started, select years of interest, geographic region, sectors, and pollutants from the left panel. Results will be displayed in the main map. One helpful way to narrow results is to set a lower limit on the emissions (at the bottom of the left panel). You can display additional data on the map by selecting from the "map layers" tab, including community vulnerability data from CalEnviroScreen. Results are also show in a table to the right of the map. You can select the charts tab to display pie or bar charts. You can see the individual data points in the "data" tab, and there you can also download the emissions data. There is a user's guide and video tutorial available in the "help" tab.

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Resource information

Resource owner

Format

Website

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Annually

Geographic Coverage

California

Technical specifications

Methodology

Emissions information is drawn from the California Emissions Inventory Development and Reporting System, and the California Toxics Inventory. Vulnerability data is from CalEnviroScreen. Additional information on methods is available at https://www.arb.ca.gov/carbapps/pollution-map/doc/caveats%20document05_15_2024.pdf

Sectors

Energy generation Industrial

Other Specifications

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