Feds to Demand Ozone Reduction
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Jun. 23--Portions of Northeast Ohio, already under orders to reduce the amount of the pollutant ozone in the atmosphere, learned this week that the federal government plans to tighten the regulations even more beginning in 2013.
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked for public comment on a draft report that analyzes the sources of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions over a 15-year period that are linked to global warming.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will rule by the end of the year on California's long-standing petition to implement greenhouse gas reductions on automobiles.  The law can't take effect unless California gets a federal waiver.
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Twenty years after a treaty was signed to end the use of chemicals that destroy the ozone layer, experts meet to discuss the next steps in preventing ozone threats.
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A campaign to get motorists to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is launched by the government.
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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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By Traci Watson  Environmental groups and industry groups reacted coolly Thursday, though for different reasons, to a proposal to cut the level of smog allowed in the USA's air.    The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan to reduce the smog limit by 11% to 17%.
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After years of stalemate, Washington decision makers are poised this year to impose new federal requirements aimed at curbing air pollution from power plants that each year cuts short the lives of 24,000 Americans.
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By Spencer Hunt, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 22--A federal plan to cut smog nationwide could mean costlier gasoline and electricity.   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday proposed a reduction of 6 percent to 12.5 percent in ozone, a key ingredient of smog.
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A government panel recommended that prices be set for greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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A type of nanotechnology used in a wide range of consumer products to kill germs will be regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency as part of a change in federal policy.
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By Carol Eisenberg, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun. 13--WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff   yesterday urged operators of water and waste treatment plants to secure chemicals such as chlorine from terrorists, although they're not required to do so.
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By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - Toxic fumes from gasoline, motor vehicles and fuel containers would be cut significantly under new federal rules the Bush administration developed under legal pressure from environmental groups.
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Federal scientists want to tighten smog standards, a step that would allow tens of millions of Americans to breathe easier but also would clash with President Bush's plan to wean Americans away from gasoline
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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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The Governmentâs chief scientist will today highlight the need for action in combating global warning amid reports the main greenhouse gas is rising sharply.