EPA has taken a leading role in focusing attention on transboundary air pollution. In July 2000, EPA co-convened an international and multidisciplinary group of over 100 experts at the Aljoya Conference Center in Seattle, Washington for the First International Conference on Trans-Pacific Transport of Atmospheric Contaminants. Participants included experts in the fields of energy and emissions, atmospheric sciences, marine sciences, biogeochemistry, forestry, biological sciences, and international environmental policy. A consensus statement of the meeting’s findings can be downloaded below.

• The 2000 Aljoya Consensus Statement (PDF)(10 pp, 92 K)