Monday, September 5, 2011

Union of Concerned Scientists: Obama undercuts science with smog standard delay

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Rephotography of Barack Obama during Presidential Debate, 2008

Union of Concerned Scientists: Obama undercuts science with smog standard delay
"WASHINGTON (September 2, 2011) — President Obama today asked the Environmental Protection Agency to ignore its obligation under the Clean Air Act to update ground-level ozone pollution standards for the United States based on the best available science. Because of President Obama’s decision, the ground-level ozone standards will remain outside the scientifically acceptable range of between 60 and 70 parts per billion recommended by an independent scientific advisory committee and EPA scientists in 2007."
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