EPA delays new air quality standards for ozone pollution until after 2024 election
by Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EGGZ)
Decision on regulations for ground-level ozone - AKA smog - avoids election-year battle with industry groups and Republicans
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone - better known as smog - despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health.
The decision by the EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, means that one of the agency's most important air quality regulations will not be updated until well after the 2024 presidential election.
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