Satellite tracks nitrogen dioxide

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NASA satellite data adds key pollutant to national environmental justice database

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NASA harnesses satellite technology to track a key air pollutant previously absent from a national database.

Measurements of nitrogen dioxide, which is primarily released into air through the burning of fossil fuels, had been missing from the Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool .

The database is maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and used by state and local agencies.

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