is the clean air act worldwide?

Answer 1

Yes, but not every one is on board. China is not on it and they are a great nation in development. They release a large amount of pollution.

Answer 2

The Clean Air Act is not binding in other countries. The United Nations must issue a worldwide act for the cleaning of the air which must be followed by all countries.

Answer 3

The "Clean air Act" of 1970 is U.S. Law. However, that law has been changed.

SPITZER TO SUE BUSH ADMINISTRATION FOR GUTTING CLEAN AIR ACT

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced today that he will file a federal lawsuit against the Bush Administration for endangering air quality by gutting a critical component of the federal Clean Air Act.

Changes in the Clean Air Act announced today by the Bush Administration would exempt thousands of industrial air pollution sources, including some coal-fired power plants, from the New Source Review provision of the Clean Air Act. New Source Review requires that industrial plants add modern air pollution controls when they are upgraded or modified and substantially increase air pollution.

Spitzer said that this major weakening of the Clean Air Act will further degrade air quality in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, areas of the country already struggling with dirty air caused in significant part by industrial pollution carried into the region by prevailing winds. New York and the northeastern states are particularly concerned about sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, which cause acid rain, smog and an increase in respiratory disease.

"The Bush Administration is attacking the Clean Air Act, which has been a cornerstone of our national commitment to environmental cleanup for two generations," said Attorney General Spitzer. "The Bush Administration is again putting the financial interests of the oil, gas and coal companies above the public's right to breathe clean air. It is incumbent on the states to take action to ensure that the public health and environment are protected."