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News Cycle CT Smog Days Nearly Triple By Brad Kane A fter years of steady im- provement, Connecticut air quality faced a major setback in 2015, as the number of unhealthy smog days nearly tripled. The state recorded 22 unhealthy ozone days this summer, up from eight last year and 18 in 2013, ac- cording to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This year was a slight improvement over the 27 ozone days the state had in 2012. Smog, or ground-level ozone, is caused when sunlight interacts with volatile organic compounds and nitro- gen oxides, which come from emis- sions from cars and power plants. The EPA considers a day to have unhealthy air if the amount of smog in the air exceeds 0.075 parts per million. Because of warmer tempera- tures, August had the most smog days in Connecticut with seven, followed by five each in July and September, three in May and two in June. The last unhealthy smog day of the season was Sept. 18. For 2015, Connecticut once w w w. C T G re e n G u i d e . c o m (860) 236-9998 Editor, Connecticut Green Guide Brad Kane Editor, Hartford Business Journal Greg Bordonaro News Editor, Hartford Business Journal Gregory Seay Digital Producer/Reporter Matt Pilon President and Publisher Joe Zwiebel Associate Publisher Donna Collins Office Manager Jessica Baker Administrative Coordinator Kristine Donahue Events Manager Amy Orsini Advertising Director Christian J. Renstrom Sr. Accounts Manager David Hartley Sr. Accounts Manager William C. Lambot Sr. Accounts Manager John Vuillemot Accounts Manager Katharine Ortiz Human Resource Director Donna Currie Credit and Collections Manager Raki Zwiebel Production Director/ Marketing Coordinator Lynn Mika Art Director Christopher Wallace Graphic Designer Vlada Shelkova CEO Peter Stanton President & Group Publisher Joseph Zwiebel CFO Mary Rogers Subscriptions: To subscribe, please visit HartfordBusiness.com, email hartfordbusiness@cambeywest.com, or call (845) 267-3478. Advertising: For advertising information, please call (860) 236-9998. Please address all correspondence to: Hartford Business Journal, 15 Lewis Street, Suite 200, Hart ford CT 06103. News Department: If you have a news item: Call us at (860) 236-9998, fax us at (860) 570-2493, or e-mail us at editorial@HartfordBusiness.com Hartford Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Connecticut Green Guide is published quarterly by New England Business Media LLC, 15 Lewis Street, Suite 200, Hartford CT 06103. Tel: (860) 236-9998 Fax (860) 570-2493 Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Hartford Business Journal P.O. Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894 GreenGuide C O N N E C T I C U T www.copyright.com A publication of Hartford Business Journal www.CTGreenGuide.com WINTER 2015 • CONNECTICUT GREEN GUIDE 3 ILLUSTRATION | MARK ARMSTRONG Seems a lot worse this ye ar.