President Bush, he's our hero, bringing pollution down to about 40%!
The Bush Administration is in favor of less stringent smog standards.
The EPA announced on Wednesday that they were "reducing the allowable concentrations of ozone in the air from 80 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion," according to CNN. They also had a secondary
The disagreement concerned the secondary set of standards issued by the EPA regarding the amount of protection from smog given to wildlife, farmlands and parks.
According to Tony Fratto, White House deputy (to the) press secretary, "this is not a weakening of regs (regulations) or standards [...] But it was an effort to make the standards consistent."
Weakening pollution standards for wildlife and farmland? Seriously? I could understand (maybe) if they were making smog regulations less stringent in cities. But in parks? Are they trying to be the bad guys in an episode of Captain Planet?
The EPA announced on Wednesday that they were "reducing the allowable concentrations of ozone in the air from 80 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion," according to CNN. They also had a secondary
The disagreement concerned the secondary set of standards issued by the EPA regarding the amount of protection from smog given to wildlife, farmlands and parks.
According to Tony Fratto, White House deputy (to the) press secretary, "this is not a weakening of regs (regulations) or standards [...] But it was an effort to make the standards consistent."
Weakening pollution standards for wildlife and farmland? Seriously? I could understand (maybe) if they were making smog regulations less stringent in cities. But in parks? Are they trying to be the bad guys in an episode of Captain Planet?
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posted by Amanda at 2:23 PM
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For a behind-the-scenes look into more of the dirty details behind the President's interference with the EPA ozone standard, check out my posting at http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jwalke/science_decider_in_chief.html
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