EPA Proposes Tougher Standards for Smog
Posted by Scientific American - Energy & Sustainability on 7 January, 2010
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U.S. EPA today proposed significantly tougher smog standards after reconsidering the George W. Bush administration’s controversial 2008 regulations.
The draft rule released by EPA proposes to revise the two standards aimed at protecting public health and welfare to comply with recommendations made by the agency’s science advisers. The Bush administration had rejected those suggestions when issuing the 2008 national air quality standards for ground-level ozone, or smog, drawing criticism and legal challenges from environmental and public health groups.
