IGNORING AUTOMAKERS, EPA ASKED TO STUDY AIR IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Over the objections of the auto industry, an EPA advisory panel has agreed to ask the agency to assess the impacts of climate change on air quality, including studying how global warming could worsen pollution problems such as ozone. One source familiar with the discussions says, "The auto industry aggressively tried to derail any mention of climate at all" but was overruled by other members of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee's (CAAAC) air quality management subcommittee. An auto industry...