CleanedUp Coal and Clean Air: Facts About Air .
Prior to controlling for these emissions, power plants produced most (about twothirds) of the SO 2 emissions in the United States. The majority (about 50 percent) of NO x emissions came from cars, buses, trucks and other forms of transportation, with power plants contributing about 25 percent. The remainder came from other sources, such as industrial and commercial boilers. The Clean Air Act ...