Polluters Rejoice! Obama Caves on Proposed Ozone Standard

This morning, President Obama announced that he would direct the EPA to back off of new ozone standards that would have saved an estimated 12,000 lives [PDF]. They’ll revisit it in 2013.


Get used to it.

Obama said the action was taken in the interest of “reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/09/02/polluters-rejoice-obama-caves-on-proposed-ozone-standard/

Juan Pablo Montoya Olivier Gendebien François Hesnault