EPA Smog Rules Delayed

Mother Jones:

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency quietly delayed the release of final rules on ground-level ozone pollution standards, better known as smog. One clean-air group called the delay "a potentially ominous development," as the agency has been pressured to forgo the new standards.

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Comments

[lipstickpig]

09:32 PM on 08/25/2010

time to close the Santa Monica Airport-
Big Jets land everyday-increase in jet traffic 50 percent-
the FAA AND PILOTS ASSOC WILL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL-
They want to keep their hidden secret $$$$$$$-
Stop the toxic pollution -the residents have had enough-
WHAT ABOUT NEWS STORY?

[rougebaisers]

06:56 PM on 08/24/2010

Does knowing we have an EPA make you feel all cozy safe?

[John Mainstream]

10:38 AM on 08/24/2010

If hybrid cars and trucks begin to make a dent in the amount of oil we use, you can count on the Democrats and Republicans in Congress to pull the plug on tax incentives for fuel efficient vehicles.

[John Mainstream]

10:34 AM on 08/24/2010

Special interest politics that control both the Democrats and Republicans are the biggest threat to our environment.

[cambo]

09:03 AM on 08/24/2010

You simply can't wait for the gov to do anything about the problem, you must act yourself, spread the word about pollution, and buy a hybrid or ride a bike.

[norkas]

07:45 AM on 08/24/2010

Some of you are not going to vote in the nod term and that is NOT the answer.

If Republicans take the house we are in more trouble environmentally then you can ever dream of.

Republicans want us to self destruct on this planet and choke on the air we breath.

I was a Republican I ran from the party when I saw their hate for humanity and environmental issues.

[mountainweb]

10:05 AM on 08/24/2010

Lets see, brain dead democrats create rules that they know cannot be met and then quietly do not enforce them. So keeping this bunch of dimwits in place is the answer, NOT.... Time to flush them down the drain and start over. The current democratic party is the party of DO NOTHING BUT PASS TAXES AND INCREASE THE DEFICIT. Time to seriously look at INCREASING JOBS as a solution instead of bailing our Wall Street. Invest in green energy for a change....what a novel concept but one CLEARLY not on the plate of the democratic party...

[Xibalba]

12:28 AM on 08/24/2010

Wonder who told them to 'delay'....?

[mediamarv]

11:37 PM on 08/23/2010

Another Obama fail. Wonder how much Rahm had to do with it.... he likes taking corporate money.

[greenlord]

07:54 PM on 08/23/2010

"NEVER, NEVER,...NEVER! underestimate the power of the Oil Lobby " I can't remember what Veteran Senator said that but I think it's fairly apparent in the plutocratic States of America who owns our Govt...and it clearly is not the Voters or people of america. And now with Corporate Contributions legalized, any wealthy world Dictator, Tyrant, Emperor, Tycoon, Maphia Kingpin, Sha, Drug Lord, etc, etc, who owns enough stock in a corporation to tell it's CEO who he want's his cash handed to. Can have Far Greater ownership of our legislators than us "peasants" if there were a complete ban on all lobbying and a complete ban on all corporate campaign contributions, Name ONE living breathing Citizen of the United States that would lose an ounce of freedom of speach??? Welcome to PLUTOCRACY people. We're being sold to the highest bidders as we speak.

[getoffmedz]

06:05 PM on 08/23/2010

Reading the entire article is necessary.

[VapeGirl]

04:40 PM on 08/23/2010

This is rediculous...the longer we wait the worse it will get.