EPA Proposes Tighter Rules on Ozone Levels
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By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle Jun. 22--Less than a week after Texas officially asked for an extra nine years to meet federal health standards for ground-level ozone, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing even tighter standards.
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The world should crack down further on the use of the pesticide methyl bromide which is damaging the ozone layer, the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - When ozone goes up in cities,  even for short periods at levels below current regulatory  standards, so does the death rate, according to an article in  Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Legal actions against major polluters have stalled because of the agency's decision to revise rules governing emissions at older coal-fired power plants.
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Governors of 20 US states must slash levels of tiny particles spewed by power plants, cars and other sources by 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday.
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The Energy Department on Friday proposed to let states decide whether to increase the required efficiency of residential furnaces much beyond what's now on the market, rejecting calls for significantly tougher national standards.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce today that current federal standards for limiting harmful ozone air pollution do not adequately protect the public and need to be strengthened.
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The U.S. government approved new air   pollution standards on Thursday, promising "cleaner air to all   Americans," but health and environmental groups said the   revised rules are too weak to protect against lung disease and   other pollution-related ailments.
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By JOHN HEILPRIN  WASHINGTON - Federal scientists want to tighten smog standards, a step that would allow tens of millions of Americans to breathe easier. The plan also would run head-on into President Bush's hopes of weaning Americans from gasoline by using more smog-producing ethanol.
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The Environmental Protection Agency today proposed reducing allowable ozone air pollution by as much as 20 percent in coming decades, setting up a battle with business and industry groups who feel current standards are adequate.
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CHICAGO _ Even as cities and states show progress in ridding the skies of smog, the federal government declared Thursday that much of the nation's air is too dirty to breathe safely.  New rules proposed by the U.S.
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The Bush administration is considering doing away with health standards that cut lead from gasoline, widely regarded as one of the nation's biggest clean-air accomplishments.
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U.S. environmental regulators issued new standards on Friday to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions from gasoline, vehicles operating in cold weather and portable gas cans.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 22--Pima County's air could be out of compliance with federal limits  in a few years because of a new federal proposal to tighten up regulations  protecting the air from the primary ingredient in smog.
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Ozone levels are falling sharply in Eastern states where smog has been a recurring summer problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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California air-quality regulators  on Friday adopted the nation's first-ever rules to reduce car  emissions linked to global warming, an action likely to prompt  tough pollution standards in other states and a legal challenge  by the auto industry.