This document is a 1958 report by Executive Secretary of API’s Smoke and Fumes Committee, Charles Jones, titled, “A Review of the Air Pollution Research Program of the Smoke and Fumes Committee of the American Petroleum Institute.” The report signifies that the oil industry was conducting studies to determine the effect of fossil fuel sources on carbon emissions no later than 1958. The article reveals that the Smoke and Fumes Committee was organized to combat growing concerns over the oil’s industry’s role in air pollution. In addition, the Smoke and Fumes Committee was intended to provide “factual” and “reliable” research to aid in creating government regulations to control pollution.
air pollution control association, american petroleum institute, api, armour research foundation, charles jones, emissions, franklin institute, hydrocarbons, iit research foundation, kettering laboratory, north american weather consultants, pollution, research and engineering, smog, smoke and fumes, so2, stanford research institute, truesdail laboratories, university of california at riverside