D.C. Watch

CA Smog Rules May Be Used Nationwide

Don’t let the headline fool you, the rule applies only for small-engine machines like lawn mover! Not to say that it would not help, but EPA’s spin on it (as quoted by Margo Oge, director of EPA’s office of transportation and air quality) is “We believe harmonizing with California will be cost-effective, good for the environment, good for the industry, good for all the stakeholders.” She continued, “We are concerned that as other sources are being controlled, this source is going to continue to be a bigger source for air pollution, so we are pretty interested in finishing our work and putting forth cost-effective standards for the country,”

“as other sources are being controlled?” Oge, here is a short-list of sources you probably overlooked before you decided to go after lawn movers-

• Coal fired power plants
• Cars and SUVs
• Container ships
• Incinerators
• Oil refineries

EPA, like our current administration, seems more interested in going after the small fishes while the large culprits go about doing as they please. Divergence tactics? Incompetent? Ignorance? Maybe, I don’t know, but definitely blog worthy.

Source: Associated Press by Erica Werner

 

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Posted by Moderator on June 30th, 2006 filed in Activism, Air Pollution, Bush, Carbon, EPA, Economics, News, Urban, politics, weather Discuss now »