Tag: Ozone Smog

Houston and Dallas can’t meet new EPA air-quality standards

Clean Air Act puts EPA in a bind By Daniel Cohan, Rice University When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its new tighter standard for ozone smog in October, predictable lines of debate emerged. Opponents claimed reducing ozone would be too costly and not yield measurable benefits. Environmental groups argued 70 parts per billion […]