Sacaton Middle School
Sacaton, Arizona

Haze over the Grand Canyon in June
Introduction:

           We are working on the haze in the Grand Canyon coming from cars, trucks, buses, and airplanes.  When we came to NAU we learned that most of the haze came from power plants. Over the past three days we have gone on field trips, we went to the Joseph City power plant where we learned that the power plant cleaned the chemicals before they went out in the air.  At the Grand Canyon we got a closer view of the haze it was not that hazy. The guide showed us some of the instruments that they use to collect data about the haze in the Grand Canyon.

Recommendation:
     My recommendation for pollution in the Grand Canyon is to use electric trains in Phoenix and Grand Canyon instead of driving cars all the time. The trains are really needed in Phoenix because that is were all the pollution is coming from.

Positive Consequences:
    The recommendation I made will probably make less pollution in the Grand Canyon and lots of tourist will start coming back to visit the Grand Canyon. The visitors will make there stay longer and spend more money.

Negative Consequences:
    The recommendation I made may cost lots of money and we have to make more power plants to provide the electricity for the trains. There will still be pollution no matter what because of the power plants providing the electricity for the trains.

Haze inside the Grand Canyon

Bookmarks:
 

Air Toxics from Motor Vehicles
US EPA - Air Toxics (Hazardous Air Pollutants)
Clean Cars for A Healthier New Jersey
Your Car and Clean Air

AIR QUALITY and  THE GRAND CANYON TRUST

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