Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Regulation works
Posted by:
Hammer / 1:05 PM
21 Counties Removed From Dirty-Air List:
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that 21 counties in nine states are being removed from the government's watch list of areas in the country with the dirtiest air.
The government had identified 225 counties in 20 states that were either unclassified or not meeting its new clean-air standards for reducing the amount of microscopic soot in the air, putting those areas on notice that they must devise a pollution-reduction plan.
It's not easy to breathe, unless you're green: